There are those who do not believe that animals evolve. Not just evolution about certain animals based on the strongest evidence we have, but outright — people who believe nothing evolves.

This is probably not a show for those people…even though we’d argue that it really is.

Evolution. Some people (usually neo-conservatives…at least in America), don’t believe in even the facts surrounding evolution. Fortunately, most religious people, liberals, and actual conservatives we know DO believe in evolution. (Because only a very stupid person — or a person with an agenda — would look at the facts about evolution and deny them.) Obviously, evolution is the topic of discussion in this week’s Men in Gorilla Suits. (We’re probably not doing our side any favors by using a baboon in a top hat as the image for the week, but…BABOON IN A TOP HAT, PEOPLE!!!) So stretch that back, stand upright, and evolve with us…

We begin with what has probably been more than established with that introduction: do we believe in the theory of evolution? (Christopher doesn’t even like prefacing that statement with the inclusion of “theory” … find out why.)

Find out when the concept of humans evolving from other animals was first introduced to us, and find out the moment when we actually pictured ourselves evolving from another primate.

Also clear by our introduction: some people don’t believe in evolution. Some of these people have come up with some very wacky “arguments” against evolution. Find out the craziest anti-evolution arguments we’ve ever heard.

What do we feel are the most evolved forms of life on the planet? We talk about that before jumping to what evolved intelligent life on other planets might look like.

We throw humans out of the mix and talk about what we feel is the apex predator out in the wilds…and then we talk about the next step in human evolution. We also talk about how humans have changed in the last 100,000 years or so, before we talk about whether or not we believe humans are evolved…or just a stepping stone to something else down the line.

We wrap it all up talking about the future of the human race (from a biological point of view).

We’d love to hear what your evolved fingers can type about this topic in the comments below.

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