Quote Originally Posted by mont974x4
OK reality is monkeys are still here. Wouldn't they be gone if we evolved from them?
First, we didn't evolve from monkeys, but we do share a common ansestor with them. They "branched off" millions of years ago. Our "side" then branched off into apes. Which we are. And the other side branched off into Monkeys. It dosen't just have to be 2 branches, some event might have happened to isolate a bunch of diffrent groups but many new species that arise will probally go extint if they cannot adapt to their enviorment.

I bet you've heard of the Phylogenetic tree It's the same idea. Thats why our DNA is somthing like 98% simular to that of Chimps, and thats why we are much closer to other Apes then we are to Monkeys.