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[_ Old Earth _] Where are our cousins?

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Currently they are many different kinds of primates...all are knuckle walkers or jump from branch to branch while there is only 1 (one) that really walks up-right...humans.

Why is that?

According to the evo theories adaptive radiation among species occurs as they evolve. This adaptive radiation produces cousins....so to speak... that are very similar to each other. The evos point to the cats as example of adaptive radiation with the different varieties. Varieties such as tigers, leopards, cheetah, jaguar etc...all of which are said to be closely related. All of which are still extant.

According to the evos, like the cats, the variety of so-called not to distantly removed animal species--- cousins--- have happened with just about every genera...except man. Man has no close extant relatives such as the cats and many other highly successful species currently do.

It appears that man’s branch on the tree has no offshoots, not even a twig.... no signs of adaptive radiation...WERE ALONE!

So I ask those that believe in evolutionism...where are our up-right walking cousins? Why is our closest so called cousin still a knuckle dragging chimp?

Now considering man has been so successful ...you know, with his newly found hands to make tools, bigger brain, speech and so on, you would think that his family tree would have a few close branches representing his -cousins- adaptively radiating from it. BUT IT DOESN'T. Apparently this success meant extinction for man’s cousins...despite ALL the evolutionary models that say there should be other successful up-right walkers still around.

Of all of the claimed pre-humans in our so-called evolutionary linage, a few of them should have evolved through a similar but different branch and still be with us. The branch radiating out with one limb becoming human and the other some other closely related human like animal.

You might be able to point to some fragmented skull and say, look here's a potential off shoot, buts that's about all she wrote. They stopped dead. Despite his newly found hands to make tools, bigger brain, speech and so on.

It appears that man’s branch on the tree has no successful offshoots, not even a twig.... no signs of adaptive radiation...WERE ALONE!

So I ask those that believe in evolutionism...where are our up-right walking cousins? Why is our closest so called cousin still a knuckle dragging chimp?
 
Currently they are many different kinds of primates...all are knuckle walkers or jump from branch to branch while there is only 1 (one) that really walks up-right...humans.

There was at least one unrelated group of apes that also walked upright. Oreopithecus did so, but the mechanics were all quite different, and ultimately led to extinction.

Why is that?

It seems that as archaic H. sapiens developed, populations Australopithecines and H. erectus declined. Possibly competition. Not in the sense of battling it out, but likely in being more efficient at using resources, and generally surviving.

According to the evo theories adaptive radiation among species occurs as they evolve.

It can happen. Doesn't always. Horses did that; at one time, there were perhaps a dozen genera of horse, but only one genus remains.

This adaptive radiation produces cousins....so to speak... that are very similar to each other.

That never lasts. In order for such a radiation to persist you need either geographic separation or adaption into different niches. Otherwise, only one will ultimately survive.

The evos point to the cats as example of adaptive radiation with the different varieties. Varieties such as tigers, leopards, cheetah, jaguar etc...all of which are said to be closely related. All of which are still extant.

Good example. Some survive by geographic isolation (jaguar) and others by taking a particular niche (lions, leopards, and cheetahs).

According to the evos, like the cats, the variety of so-called not to distantly removed animal species--- cousins--- have happened with just about every genera...except man.

Humans, chimpanzees, Gorillas all have different niches. Orangutans survive by geographic isolation.

Man has no close extant relatives such as the cats

Actually, humans are closer to chimps than lions are to bobcats. Would you like to see how we know?

It appears that man’s branch on the tree has no offshoots, not even a twig

Sort of like cheetas, which used to be a diverse group. Ultimately only one species is left.

.... no signs of adaptive radiation...WERE ALONE!

Like cheetas. Lots of cats, but only one species in that genus, even if there was a radiation in the past. Lots of primates, but only one species of Homo, even if there was a radiation in the past.

So I ask those that believe in evolutionism...

I think you're the only believer in evolutionism left here. So you'll have to tell us about it.

where are our up-right walking cousins?

Like all those other species of cheetahs, extinct.

Why is our closest so called cousin still a knuckle dragging chimp?

Same reason the closest "cousin" to a cheeta, is a claw-retracting lion.

Now considering man has been so successful ...you know, with his newly found hands to make tools, bigger brain, speech and so on, you would think that his family tree would have a few close branches representing his -cousins- adaptively radiating from it.

For a time, Neandertals were more successful in the ice age, but warming conditions apparently made anatomically modern humans more competitive. The fossil record indicates that Neandertals kept modern humans from leaving Africa for a very long time. Then something changed. The key seems to be in tools. Neandertals were very conservative, and their toolkit remained almost the same for a very long time. (one exception exists, but it appears they were in contact with anatomically modern humans, who continuously upgraded their tools, and were apparently the first to use projectile weapons. That was a huge advantage in hunting.

Apparently this success meant extinction for man’s cousins...despite ALL the evolutionary models that say there should be other successful up-right walkers still around

Well, your evolutionism models do. But that's not the same thing as evolutionary theory. Because you don't know much about evolution, that's causing your confusion with your belief in evolutionism.

You see, radiation only works if new niches open up thereby. For whatever reason, (aside from the short-lived ice age) that didn't happen. And so only one species remains.
 
For a time, Neandertals were more successful in the ice age, but warming conditions apparently made anatomically modern humans more competitive. The fossil record indicates that Neandertals kept modern humans from leaving Africa for a very long time. Then something changed. The key seems to be in tools. Neandertals were very conservative, and their toolkit remained almost the same for a very long time. (one exception exists, but it appears they were in contact with anatomically modern humans, who continuously upgraded their tools, and were apparently the first to use projectile weapons. That was a huge advantage in hunting.

Pure speculation that doesn't answer the question.

You failed to answer why of two or three very close species...in evo terms...did only the human population survive?
 
The only thing monkeys have in common with mankind is the same we have in common with all life , they are generally compatible with our digestion system ,we can eat them for food ..
 
The only thing monkeys have in common with mankind is the same we have in common with all life , they are generally compatible with our digestion system ,we can eat them for food ..

I'm not quite sure I'd enjoy a monkey burger.
 
They died. Humans don't really like sharing the same competition space. We drove the Neanderthal to extinction due to us being a tad smarter and more suited to warmer climates.
 
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