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If there is still anyone out there who thinks the question, “If man evolved from monkeys, how come monkeys they are still here?” is a good question to ask (yes Stephen Baldwin, I’m looking at you), let me answer this simply.
We did not evolve from monkeys.
If you were asking this question right now you might be saying, “I knew it!” But it’s not what you think. We evolved from ape-like or monkey-like creatures. These creatures were the ancestors of what are today known commonly as monkeys (as well as us), but they are most certainly not monkeys we have today.
Why is this so hard to understand? Is this still even something that is difficult to grasp? I’m just not sure why this question persists.
Maybe what is confusing is the whole “monkey-like” or “ape-like” part. Maybe we should call them something else. Scientific names are hard to remember, we need something easy. Something that makes it clear. Hmm…. Got it, let’s call them notmonkeys (pronounced not-mun-keys).
We evolved from notmonkeys, not monkeys.
Evolutionary Creation 