[_ Old Earth _] If humans evolved from apes, where is our tail?

[Dave Slayer]

If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair?

If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair on their bodies?

 

[Caroline H]

Re: If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair?

Have you been to Europe :biglaugh

 

[Dave Slayer]

Re: If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair?

Have you been to Europe :biglaugh

I have not.

 

[Rick W]

Re: If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair?

Fur or hair?

Do apes have hair?


I can honestly say I've never met a furry woman. And no, I haven't been to Europe either

 

[Dave Slayer]

Re: If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair?

Fur or hair?

Do apes have hair?

I think apes had fur. Which means that humans should have fur if they evolved from apes.

 

[lordkalvan]

Re: If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair?

[quote="Rick W"1n1998g]Fur or hair?

Do apes have hair?

I think apes had fur. Which means that humans should have fur if they evolved from apes. [/quote1n1998g]
Chimps have hair. There are several reasons why women appear to have less hair than men (generally, they are just as 'hairy'), but the hair grows less and is generally less obvious; hormonal balances contribute to hair growth. Sexual selection probably contributes to women having less obvious body hair than men.

 

[Barbarian]

Re: If humans evolved from apes, why do women have less hair?

We have as many hair follicles as chimps, but our hair, on most of our bodies, is quite fine and almost invisble.

Except for a few people...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertrichosis

 

[Dave Slayer]

If humans evolved from apes, where is our tail?

 

[John]

We never had one.

 

[GojuBrian]

I like bananas.

 

[Dave Slayer]

We never had one.

So evolution is just a fairy tale?

*tail

 

[John]

Roger.

 

[lordkalvan]

If humans evolved from apes, where is our tail?

Google coccyx.

And insofar as your question relates to apes, where are the tails of chimpanzees (our closest relatives), gorillas and orang-utans? Your question in the context of the Family Hominidae, to which humans belong, is meaningless. Did you mean to say 'monkeys'?

 

[John]

The coccyx is simply a muscle anchor point..it is not remnants of a tail.

 

[Imagican]

Gorillas nor chimps have tails. I am NOT advocating man evolving from apes. But neither of the 'great apes' or orangutangs have tails.

We did NOT come from apes. NEVER has it been shown that ANY species 'changed' from one to another. Apes are apes and humans are humans. Our DNA and theirs are DIFFERENT. And DNA are THE building blocks that determine the characteristics of a species.

Blessings,

MEC

 

[lordkalvan]

The coccyx is simply a muscle anchor point..it is not remnants of a tail.

And your evidence for this would be what, exactly? Why are some babies born with tails, often requiring surgical removal?

 

[Barbarian]

The coccyx is the vestigial remnants of a tail. It even has some vestigial muscles found in monkeys, which in apes are now useless, being attached to fused and immovable bones.

Occasionally, the genes that prevent the full development of our tails don't work as they normally do, and we get humans with true tails.

Minerva Pediatr. 2001 Aug;53(4):367-70.True tail dorsal-lumbar: malformation or ancestral remaining
Galizia G.
U. O. di Pediatria, ASL SA/1, Ospedale M. Scarlato di Scafati, Italy.

The case of a healthy newborn presenting a dorsal-lumbar cutaneous appendage is reported. The appendage was excised by ligature. This appendage was not associated with dysraphism or other malformations. It was analysed histologically and then defined as a so called true tail. Although it was been expressed a lot of hypotheses, the etiology of this finding remains disputed. The embryology of malformation and its non identification between known-syndromes is showed. The difference between true tails and not-true tails is discussed. The conclusion is drawn that for its clinical and histological aspect this malformation may be included in true tails.

 

[Dave Slayer]

If anyone believes their tailbone is vestigial, I will pay to have theirs removed.

 

[Barbarian]

If anyone believes their tailbone is vestigial, I will pay to have theirs removed.

A few serious misconceptions there. First, "vestigial" doesn't mean "no longer functional." It means it no longer has the original function. And it's been that way since the beginning of evolutionary theory. Darwin so regarded them that way. (he called them "rudimentary organs")

Second, surgical removal of even a vestigial organ will be painful and foolish to do for no reason.

Third, there are people born without a coccyx, and never know it unless it happens to be noticed on an X-ray. Coccygial agenesis is normally asymptomatic. In fact, even a portion of the sacrum can be missing with no symptoms.

Significant neurological deficits are associated with the high sacral malformations, but isolated coccygeal agenesis is usually asymptomatic.
http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/pages/default.aspx

 

[Dave Slayer]

If humans are apes, is Jesus also an ape?

If humans are apes, is Jesus also an ape?