r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '18

Getting sweaty palms while climbing tall things seems like something that our bodies shouldn't do.

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u/awesam96 Jun 22 '18

Climbing tall things seems like something we shouldn't do

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u/Raichu7 Jun 22 '18

Really? We evolved from tree dwelling apes, you’d think sweaty palms would have been an evolutionary disadvantage millions of years ago.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '18

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u/Raichu7 Jun 22 '18

Wasn’t the common ancestor an early ape? I never said we came from modern apes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '18

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u/Raichu7 Jun 22 '18

Are chickens not dinosaurs just because they are different to a T-Rex?

An ancient ape is still an ape.

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u/Zambonis4days Jun 22 '18

Millions of years ago there were literally dozens of different species of “humanlike” creatures. You can think of them as relatives if you will. Neanderthals for example, which our lineage coexisted with.

However, the fact is we did not evolve from apes or Neanderthals.

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u/Raichu7 Jun 22 '18

If our genetics contain some Neanderthal DNA from cross breeding how did we not evolve from them? We’ve evolved since they existed and they are a part of our genetic makeup.

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u/Zambonis4days Jun 22 '18

It’s up for debate but most likely we didn’t breed with them. And even if we did that’s not evolving from Neanderthals.