Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution. 2
posts • Page 1 of 1 Elephant: The First Primate? April 16, 2012
Humans and elephants appear to be evolutionary versions of the
same species quite closely related on the family tree. Take
another look and consider that humans evolved from elephant
ancestors. Our big brother is still with us today. Note the
opposable thumbs. Despite their large size elephants are
otherwise just like ourselves and our skeletons are basically
the same. The hands of the elephant are just like ours complete
with opposable thumbs. Gomphotherium sp., early elephant
ancestor [3.6 - 13.6 mya] still had enamel on its
incisors/tusks* which might be an indicator of when our two
species diverged. It may be the case that some monkey species
split off from the elephant without ever crossing evolutionary
paths with humans which would explain a lot since some monkeys
do not seem to have much in common with humans at all. At the
very least we must now consider the possibility of dir