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AronRa reveals a controversial new taxonomy stating that humans and other apes not only evolved directly from monkeys, but that we are in fact still monkeys right now.
In an earlier video, AronRa listed many of the taxonomic traits identifying humans as primates. In another video, he also explained why we are more specifically classified as a species of apes. But he deliberately omitted an intermediate stage between those two apparent levels, because its one that evokes so much resistance it really requires separate discussion just for that one grade alone.
No-one argues whether were vertebrates or placental mammals, even though that also means were animals. The fact that were apes can now be verified just as easily. For a while, most people thought the word, ape referred only to extant non-human pongids also known as great apes. There was no consideration given to lesser apes, nor to any of the many ancient apes we kept finding fossils for. Mainstream science sources are just now starting to realize that the word, ape means a lot more than just chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, and that it includes a few extinct hominids that are more humanoid than any of these.
So there was a problem with our old method of classification, and it had to be fixed. Over the last two hundred and fifty years, weve kept patching up the original seven-layer system by adding a suborder, infraorder, superfamily, subgenus, and so on - til we cant even tell how to rank the labels anymore. Thats when we figured out that there are no ranks! So we dropped the labels and found a new system, one that isnt so arbitrary. See, the problem with Linnaean taxonomy is that some of it is subjective. Its usually based on morphological similarity, and sometimes on opinion, and loathsome opinions at that. There's often no way to prove whether Linnaean classification was even correct because he didn't rely on the rigid sort of rules that phylogenetics does.
We used to say that men didnt evolve from apes, but that men and apes shared a common ancestor. Now we have a better understanding of what an ape is, and that our common ancestor actually would have been classified as such, and so should we be. This rule of monophyletic hierarchy should apply to everything including the race of cat-people from the science fiction comedy, Red Dwarf.
Creationists try to ridicule evolution through the implication that we came from monkeys, and those who know the difference are quick to point out that apes are not monkeys. For one thing, apes dont have tails. But theres more to it than that. For example, we can tell that a Barbary ape isnt really an ape, its a tailless monkey; the same way we can tell that a glass snake isnt really a snake; its a legless lizard. There are so many distinctions that even if we found a snake that had legs, (and we have) wed still know it was a snake.
But snakes are a subset of the order, Squamata; That means lizard. If snakes evolved from lizards, do they stop being lizards at the moment they become snakes? And when exactly is that moment? It turns out this is another confusing convention in Linnaean taxonomy which is corrected by cladistics. Paraphyletic groups shouldnt exist in phylogenetics, nor would systematic classification permit the emergence of new species to add another equivalent category. Instead existing branches split into successive subsets that are each monophyletic, sharing a common line of descent from which they can diverge but never detach. This means snakes will always be a subset of lizards and apes would still be monkeys.
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Comments on "Human Evolution: Did We Come From Monkeys?"
I'm sorry half ape ... I'm sorry half ape half? Alians.
You? have done your ... You? have done your home work. But that is not the half of it. Beings not originating from earth have capitalized on this sweet spot hundreds of millions of years ago. Sub atomic beings that exist and travel through light waves such as that from a star. They have been genetically manipulating all life. Using stars as relay stations. There is no escaping their reach. We are evolved and genetically altered apes. Half human half Alians.
Yes monkeys are our ... Yes monkeys are our great fathers,is nothing wrong, about? this case.
hahahah wow ok ok.. ... hahahah wow ok ok... so you are saying we was monkeys and because we fought so many creatures we? gained XP and level up we became a Pokemon Called Human. we gained new ability like cooking and building wow we are soo cool XD.... (Did you know there is GOD?)
Einstein said that ... Einstein said that we'd never leave Earth and was wrong, because? our new home on Mars is much comfier.. I can't find any evidence of Einstein saying this. "So he didn't know everything", who said he did, he didn't. Einstein was a physicist not a biologist and this video isn't about physics.
chess is a game of ... chess is a game of luck... you have to be lucky to find an opponent worse than you.
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oo yeeahh and your ... oo yeeahh and your not a species of chinese or a fat or? different color of an african or an european ... your just a new species. and your kid won't grow a chinese, your kid will grow ,same as you , with few differences . which he will have a few different kids and in couple years will be a " FFreeThinker " species . evolution man!! in front of you... just open your eyes
By the way,I forgot ... By the way,I forgot to mention? that the person who made this video is very,very smart.Try to make a video like this with all the information he put forward.He is also an excellent speaker.
If your so smart ... If your so smart then how come you couldn't tell I? was being sacastic?
Are you smart ... Are you smart enough to play Chess or any other game that requires intelligence? beyond your personal mortal comprehension of life, such as Shoots and Ladders. Religion is an way to easily explain phenomena that you know nothing about by gradually generating it through a process called imagination. Atheists, making scientific and medical advances that regrettably keep you alive as with your everlasting hypocrisy and unintelligent cerebrum, frontal lobe, and, well every other part of your brain.
Evolution is not a ... Evolution is not a theory. It? is a fact that totally shatters the? story told in the bible.
PT.3-If you believe ... PT.3-If you believe that life on Earth was spontaneously created,then you believe that all the fossilized remains of creatures that existed on Earth were all spontaneously created.There can be no exceptions.If there any exceptions than that means there was evolution.Going back over 500 million years to present,every creature on land and in? water was created instantly,no exceptions,and over time,new creatures were spontaneously up to the present even lions and bears and tuna.Hmmm..IMPOSSIBLE!
Pt.2-People who are ... Pt.2-People who are paleontologists or anthropologists are aware of the multitude of fossils of? ancient life.The creatures that inhabited the Earth over hundreds of millions of years is beyond astounding.There is no evidence for spontaneous creation of life.Has anyone ever seen an animal suddenly appear out of nothing while walking down a street?Has anyone ever awakened and suddenly seen two suns?The answer to both those questions is NO!,because things like that DON'T HAPPEN!
Pt.1-I was raised ... Pt.1-I was raised Catholic and am very aware of the Bible.I also read the Greek Philosophers and know science.So the issue is what?Evolution vs Creationism?I have many,many books on ancient life or paleontology.They all have photos of fossilized remains of creatures that inhabited the Earth at one time.The question I have is where did all these creatures come from?There are only two answers.They were spontaneously created or evolved.Has anyone ever seen a creature suddenly appear out of nothing??
I did not come out ... I did not come out a vagina, god made me in my complete adult form? magically with no explanation at all. CHECKMATE ATHEISTS!!!
How exactly he made ... How exactly he made the confirmation ??
What about frogs ? ... What about frogs ? In first part of? it's life it has no lungs ....but later it does ... the frog completely change in like 2 moths ... imagine what can happen by mutations in 1000 000 000 years ?
How would you like ... How would you like to prove your statement ? Or we have to trust you just because you said so ? This is your opinion ... not a real thing am I right ? Because I couldn't trace ane research on that topic....?
I'm sory but? you ... I'm sory but? you are wrong again. Please which "equation" is it?
ehm... wrong .... ... ehm... wrong .... yes energy decay in open systems but it's not instantly... there is energy for for hundreds of billions of years ...so you are wrong. Einstein also said we will never leave Earth? ...so he didn't know every thing. He never said that universe need a beginning in some point so you are lying or you are again wrong. I assume you prefer explanation based on book full of magic and talking animals.
why do we still ... why do we still have monkeys than? monkey have been around for? a long time, why dont they evolve into a man? and how did humans come from monkeys?
aww cute? monkeys! aww cute? monkeys!
hey its? aronra!!!!! hey its? aronra!!!!!
ALTHOUGH I'M A ... ALTHOUGH I'M A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN (Baptist), I no longer believe that the Bible teaches eternal torment or suffering. The Bible teaches eternal punishment, but it's not eternal torment. In my popular Internet article, TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE OF HELL EVOLVED FROM GREEK ROOTS, I explain how and why teaching of eternal torment entered early into Christianity and how Scriptures have? been misinterpreted and taken out of context to support that teaching. ~Babu G. Ranganathan (B.A. theology/biology)
SCIENCE SHOWS THE ... SCIENCE SHOWS THE UNIVERSE could not have been active eternally because of entropy (energy decay, even in an open system). Einstein? confirmed that space, matter, time had a beginning! That beginning had to be supernatural because natural laws have no ability to bring the universe into existence from nothing. The supernatural cannot be proved by science but science points to a supernatural intelligence for the origin and order of the universe ~ HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE REFUTES ATHEISM (Article)
CREATIONISTS RIGHT ... CREATIONISTS RIGHT ABOUT ENTROPY (Internet Article): Entropy occurs in both open and closed systems. In every transfer of energy some of the energy becomes useless. If universe is left to itself, all energy will become useless and the universe cannot sustain any activity. Even? in an open system, there must first exist an energy-converting, directing mechanism to develop order, such as when a seed becomes a tree. Spontaneous order from chaos is not possible, not to any significant degree.
EINSTEIN CONFIRMED ... EINSTEIN CONFIRMED that space and time are just as physical as matter. That's why space and time can be altered by gravity, and space? produces particles. Einstein's equations show that the universe couldn't be eternal. It had a beginning. Einstein believed, because of science, in the existence of God behind the origin and order of the universe. He didn't believe in a personal God like Christians do, but he did believe science pointed to the existence of an all powerful and intelligent Creator.
NATURAL LIMITS TO ... NATURAL LIMITS TO EVOLUTION: Only evolution within "kinds" is genetically possible (i.e. varieties of dogs, cats,? etc.), but not evolution across "kinds" (i.e. from sea sponge to human). How did species survive if their vital tissues, organs, reproductive systems were still evolving? Read my Pravda Internet article: WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS! I discuss: Punctuated Equilibria, "Junk DNA," genetics, mutations, natural selection, fossils, genetic and biological similarities between species.
ALL REAL EVOLUTION ... ALL REAL EVOLUTION ( i.e. varieties of dogs, cats, etc.) in nature is the expression, over time, of already existing genes. Evolution is possible only if there's information (genes) directing it. Only variations of already existing genes are possible, which means only limited evolution and adaptations are possible. Nature has no ability to invent new genes via random mutations caused by random environmental forces. That's evolutionary? faith, not science. Read my article, WAR AMONG EVOLUTIONISTS!
MUTATIONS: Random ... MUTATIONS: Random genetic mutations, caused by radiation, are destructive. Even if mutations are not immediately harmful, after enough of them accumulate they will be harmful. And, even if a good mutation does occur, for every good? mutation there will be hundreds of harmful ones with the net effect, over time, being harmful to the species as a whole and even causing extinction, not upward evolution. Most variations are from new combinations of already existing genes, not mutations.
