Originally Posted By: Ellis
the descent is not from monkeys but that we share a common antcestor
Wake up, this is just a politically correct sentence for most radical creacionists. cool

Of course we are evolved from monkeys - we are only few million year old species, before which nothing else, then apes didn't exist at all. Apes just found a way to exploit their specific niche, so there was no need for them to evolve further.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1118_041118_ape_human_ancestor.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...y/apewskull.jpg