As R Reagen told Sam Donaldson, your ancestors may have come from monkeys, not mine. Same here.
The wisdom of RR aside, how does anyone, presumably graduating HS, not know that Evolution does not claim humans came from monkeys.
Evolution only claims that humans share a common ancestor with monkeys. Humans do, after all, share greater than 98 percent of their DNA sequence with Chmipzanee monkeys which is demonstrable evidence of the linkage.
But then again, you live in TX and may have attended HS there.
randomly, a lot of folks including frijof capra, who? a physicist of course, believes that all life differentiated from a one-celled "prototype." given enough time, slelection, and change, then two divisions began: the plants & the animals. whether he's right, not sure but it makes a degree of sense. where did the one-celled life form come from? from outer space as simple proteins encased in rocks? i don't know.
but, we all know that present day humans are a violent crowd, even the religious of various kinds, types & sorts know that. there were probably all kinds of "near humans" in the past, competing for space, and opportunity to advance, breed, & multiply. but, likely due to humankinds innate aggressiveness, they laid in wait at favored watering holes, and bashed the intruders/invaders to death. so, we present day humans emerged supreme. it's really that simple. our closest kin couldn't compete with us, but far off kin like monkeys, orangutangs, [bleep], etc. could. they occupied different niches in the environment spread out over the globe than did humans. but, clearly they're a minority now, and we could deal with them, but there's no need.
humans emerged as the arch-rulers of the earth under existing environmental conditions. and he brought numerious versions of god along for the trip. some of them are still traveling with us.
