Evolution

Evolution 

Definition- The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. 

Citation: p. z. myers 2009 ooh... pretty! Web  http://glad-you-asked.blogspot.com/2009/02/ooh-pretty.html?m=1

Evolution is much more complex than "humans came from monkeys". Evolution is also not the standard picture you see of a 6 monkey-like animals in a row.

That standard picture you see is not only shortened but it's also incorrect. 

Link: no link.. Wrote that myself 

There are multiple things wrong with the picture above:

1.) There are only males. Humans produce sexually and that means we come in two distinct flavors that make our existence possible. Trying to show our development is like trying to eat sushi with only one chopstick.

2.) We were not even directly related to some of those guys! Cro Magnon (AKA primitive human) were actually Homo Sapien fossils confused as something else. Meaning they never existed! We also didn't evolve from Neanderthals. Modern humans and Neanderthals actually coexisted till about 40,000 years ago. We both shared a common ancestor. But, Neanderthals turned out to not be strong enough to adapt to all he changes in the world and eventually died out. 

Evolution isn't a linear process! It isn't one species turning into another into another.

It's really about genetics. Organisms constantly develop new adaptations and the ones with the adaptations that make them most fit for their environment end up reproducing more and spreading those genes down to the offspring. (AKA survival of the fittest) 

Evolution in action: Diseases. Bacteria. Infections. All that. Bacteria mutate which is a synonym of evolve (which evolution comes from). MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) was a once curable with a simple antibiotic. Now the bacteria has mutated and become resistant to the antibiotics previously used to treat it. 

 

In the end, evolution more like the first picture. Though even that picture isn't near as detailed, it does describe the amazing process of how we came to be.