If we evolved from monkeys and evolution is true, then why are there still monkeys today?, page 4

The "Why are we smart" and "Why arn't they smart" argument is not a valid point of view.

I offer an instance in nature currently that explains that even within the "animal kingdom" there are drastic differences in the same species of animals in regard to intelligence.

Birds: A cardinal will just sit on a perch and sing and eat worms and do other bird things. An African Gery will sit on a perch and sing but also chit chat with you and learn to speak to you in context and maybe even ask if you would hand them your favorite toy.

www.pbs.org.../scientific/pbssaf1201_220k.asf&s=1895395&e=2687958

Scientific American Frontiers
Episode: Pet Tech
Date: 10-16-2001

Watch this video to see just how evolved the animal brain can be.

The difference is an African Grey shares the same level of intelligence as that of a 3 year old child. They both are from some bird or animal in the past? However, something in the past caused the branch of the gene pool parrots are from to get bigger brains. I do not think they would even develop words and conversation on their own, that is silly.

If you look at the evolutionary arguments and periodicals written, and produced, about humans and where we come from, there are a lot of elements that allowed us to become what we are today. Diet, atmosphere, climate, and a good breeding pool all combined to help us "leap" in evolutionary terms as far as intelligence goes. All of these elements worked together over a short period of times to move us away from the direction chimps and gorillas took. Just as some of the same elemets helped Amazon's move away from the path Cardinals took.

Could a similar "leap" happen in another species? What if we never took the "leap?" What if it was birds? Or maybe dolphins? They are supposed to be just as smart as Amazons, perhaps even smarter? They have to be, they're the only other animal that has sex for pleasure!

Our bodies helped us develop the traits we needed to become what we are today. Opposable thumbs, larynx, an articulate tounge, are just a few of these.

What you have to think about is now why not, but why in the first place?

Unfortunatly, until life is discovered on another planet in some way, shape, or form, none of our questions will be answered. We need something to compare outselves to, some other form of evolutionary scheme, to really deconstruct why it works the way it does. The interesting part is that just because life is discovered somewhere else doesn't mean that there is no God.

I hope this adds to the discussion.