"If evolution was real , and consistent as it is proposed to be , then there is absolutely no reason why these other primates which we obviously did n't out survive due to competition as is suggested regarding the extinction of our early competitors , then they too should have evolved and in a worst case scenario we would have a Planet of the Apes type existence with a World with multiple intelligent creatures on the evolutionary ladder ."
"And that 's almost certainly how things were at least once in the past : several hominid species migrating , competing , evolving - we 're the descendants of the ones that won . That 's what you fail to appreciate by continuing to insist that 'science says ' fossil hominids are our ancestors . Science says no such thing . Science says this was Planet of the Apes - and we won . Why are there still chimps , then ? Because they were n't competing with us . Think : the same ecological reasons why chimps could n't evolve our level of intelligence made it not worth our while to fight them for that territory . Does n't that make beautiful , perfect sense ? Only since we 've started exporting our ecology , cutting down jungles and so on - only since then have we come into competition with them , to their cost . If we 're not careful , the answer to the fatuous question `` If we evolved from chimps , why are there still chimps `` will be `` there are n't `` . It 's silly to attach significance to the fact we 're the 'only ' intelligent species . For a start , we 're not the 'only ' - we 're the first . Intelligence - our 'level ' of it - was never inevitable ; it 's not some ultimate goal , any more than swimming or flying . But assuming it happens , someone has to be first , and we 're it . Secondly , we 're not the 'only ' - we 're the most . So far . And we 're getting smarter - so do n't be so quick to declare us the pinnacle ; you have no idea what peaks are hidden in the clouds ahead . If we 're lucky , in a million years the smartest creature will be one of our descendants , but it could just as easily be whatever creature emerges to claim the territory we leave behind when we become extinct . THREAD REVIEW"
"reason why these other primates which we obviously did n't out survive Apes type existence with a World with multiple intelligent creatures"
"ecological reasons why chimps could n't evolve our level of intelligence `` But assuming it happens , someone has to be first , and we 're it ."