Mark I. Vuletic

Last updated 21 March 2008

Analysis

(i) Nothing in the evolutionary history of life indicates that humans evolved from apes. Rather, humans and apes both evolved from a common ancestor which (as it happens) is not around anymore.

(ii) Even if evolutionists did claim that humans evolved from apes (because there are instances when one group of organisms has descended from another group that is still in existence today; apes and humans just are not one of those instances), to say that such evolution would be disproved by the continued existence of apes would be like arguing that an American cannot have Japanese ancestry since there are still Japanese people around.

(iii) The young-earth creationist organization Answers in Genesis has completely disavowed this argument.