We did not come from monkeys!!

Sadly, my opponent as misconstrued what I have been saying throughout this debate. First off, this is not about what I believe or do not believe. This is a debate. Meaning- you choose a side, I choose the opposite... and we defend our sides. It's like being a lawyer for a rapist murderer, knowing that he did commit the crime, but you having to defend him. In the same sense, I am defending the Idea that man evolved from monkeys. Well, i'm trying to defend. My opponent really gave me nothing to debate him about!! So i've had to show his ignorance on this whole thread. And I am a bit offended in your statement that I have "misrepresented" my own beliefs. I believe I know my own beliefs better than you do. BUT AGAIN, this debate is not about what I believe, but about debating that man did come from monkeys. Your statement: "If you disagree with that claim, then you disagree with the entire scientific community, and you need to present some real evidence to back up your claim" Is utterly fallacious. I challenged you in Round 2 to bring evidence of your own. Ughhh, like the point you repetitiously bring up that the "scientific community" believes the contrary. Which I highly doubt, because I've seen enough History Channel Specials telling me that I come from an evolved monkey.... oh dear, I guess their is one source of evidence for me. My opponent has ... well... none. So 1 source of evidence as compared to none... I think I win? Yes? No, let me give a most definite evidence that makes my opponent look really weak in light of his assertion that most of the "scientific community" is opposed. Let me go to a notable website, biology.org, and see what they say "But all in all, the human ancestral line involves the hominid family, who diversified from the apes around 6 to 8 million years ago. Since then our evolutionary path has proved to be nothing short of phenomenal" http://www.biology-online.org... I am arguing that man did come from monkeys. Why? Well outlined that in Round 2-> Genetics and Fossil Record. Nowadays, people are most convinced by empirical evidence instead of utter speculation. http://answers.yahoo.com... I think it's important to point out the fact that Australopithecus, the type of animal that evolved into the Homo Habilis etc., is a giant ape. It's a monkey. Period. Look at the drawings and tell me they don't look like apes!!! I know this sounds like a shrewd argument, but think about it. What is a monkey or an ape? Maybe we didn't come from Chimpanzeens, but the evidence is almost definite that we evolved from the Austrolopithicus. Look at this conjured up picture by a computer artist http://cgi.ncrv.nl... It looks like a monkey doesn't it? What is a prehistoric monkey? Well I think the picture says it all. And to put the cap on the bottle, let's get a bit philosophical- All mammals diverge from one kind of animal. (source: biology.org) Actually these first mammals were very small, burrowing creatures. Now, most scientist believe, the reason why Mammals came to dominate the planet after the dinasours became extinct was exactly because these first mammals lived underground (So maybe the story of Genesis has some validity in claiming man to come from the ground...) Scientist are most convinced that a giant asteroid triggered the mass extinction of dinasours, which caused major ecological change that they could not live on. But those early mammals lived underground, not entirely effected by the cataclismic event in the earth's history. Well, eventually these early mammals evolved, several types of mammals arose, and eventually man came around. Now, I understand that this does not conclusively proove the validity of the monkey-evolution theory. But it gives us a starting point. We all (i.e. all mammals) came from one type of ancient prehistoric mammal that evolved. So if we can evolve from one type of mammal, how can we not say that maybe we evolved from monkeys or apes themselves? Now about the Neanderthals. My opponent completely misunderstood me. So let me reiterate: Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens Sapiens have a common ancestor, homo habilis. Homo habilis comes from Austrolopithicus, which is a giant ape-monkey. This theory is the only one with empirical evidence that can demonstrate where Neanderthals, a different specias of humans, came from. I believe I won this debate in the very beginning because my opponent clearly had unsubstantiated arguments. I didn't really have anything to argue with him against because he didn't bring anything up! I brought forth some evidence that pointed toward the Monkey-Ape evolution theory, but he did not refute any of it and did little but gripe about it. Take Care