Why are there still chimpanzees?
July 16, 2009 10:30 am
I also get asked this very silly question of why, if we “descended” from apes, there are still apes. It used to take me a long time to explain how it all works, but now that Richard has made a nice little short movie showing WHY there are still chimps, I can finally direct them to a lucid, quick explanation of where we “fit” in the Great Ape family. There are still lots of people out there that want to believe that we’ve “evolved” out of this category, but I think this is a sad attempt to forget the fact that we aren’t fundamentally very different from other animals. We should embrace the fact that we are apes, for what brilliant and amazing ones we are!
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6 Comments
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July 16, 2009
It really is as simple as that. I recently read Dawkins’ Ancestor’s Tail and he spells it all out beautifully. Great, concise explanation – if only people would take the time to inform themselves.
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July 16, 2009
Yes it is that simple isn’t it?
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July 16, 2009
I remember Thunderf00t saying “Americans descended from Europeans but there are still Europeans.”
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July 19, 2009
Clean, crisp, simply put and elegant. Great video.
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July 19, 2009
I like how thunderf00t put it… simple enough for the simple minded
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July 21, 2009
“If you and your cousin are both related, why is there still your cousin?”
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