Why do we still have monkeys if we evolved from monkeys?

If evolution is real why are there still monkeys? Firstly, humans did not evolve from monkeys. Instead, monkeys and humans share a common ancestor from which both evolved around 25 million years ago. This evolutionary relationship is supported both by the fossil record and DNA analysis.

Are Neanderthals related to monkeys?

Summary: The data used included Neanderthal fossils , Upper Paleolithic European modern human fossils, and recent human populations, as well as data from living African apes and Old World Monkeys. …

When did monkeys evolve into humans?

5 to 8 million years ago
5 to 8 million years ago. Shortly thereafter, the species diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into gorillas and chimps, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids.

How did human beings evolve from monkeys?

Simple answer. Human beings did not evolve from modern-day monkeys; human beings and modern-day monkeys both evolved from an extinct common ancestor (which was also, colloquially speaking, ‘a monkey’).

Did humans evolve from apes?

We did indeed evolve from apes. Indeed, depending on how you choose to define an ‘ape’, you could say that we humans are apes. But, as I make clear in the article and diagram, the apes (including humans) evolved from ‘monkeys’ (according to some people’s chosen definition of the word).

Are humans more closely related to monkeys than monkeys are?

Somewhat counter-intuitively, therefore, humans and Old World monkeys have a more recent common ancestor (i.e. they are more closely related to each other) than Old World and New World monkeys. This, perhaps surprising, conclusion is backed up by masses of morphological and genetic evidence.

What is the classification of a monkey?

Modern-day ‘monkeys’ comprise two distinct groups: the Old World monkeys (living in Africa, Asia and Gibraltar), and the New World monkeys (living in Central and South America). These ‘monkeys’ form part of the simian family tree, which also includes modern-day apes and us humans.