Why are there still monkeys?

https://barryhisblog.blogspot.com/p/why-are-there-still-monkeys.html

People still ask, apparently in all seriousness, "Why are there still monkeys?"

The short answer is that they haven't all died out.

Like okapi. And slugs. And bananas.

The question betrays a fundamental misunderstanding about evolution. It is not a single sequence with any direction "in mind" as it were, but a branching process that explores different ways in which organisms can survive and reproduce. You don't ask why a tree has more than one branch. Neither do you ask why one branch of a tree can't make leaves appear on a different branch (equivalent to the so-called "kind" "barrier").

"Great apes", BTW, includes you and me.


See also https://www.iflscience.com/if-evolution-is-real-why-are-there-still-monkeys-around-today-69689