Originally Posted by emptypepsi

Murphy:

You seem to be operating under the common misconception that Humans "evolved from apes", when that is ridiculous and not what the evolution theory states at all. The idea is that we all (that is apes and humans) evolved from a common ancestor. Our enviroments dictated our adaptations and eventual evolving to suit those environments.

Australopithecines came from that common ancestor (they are of course the earlier form of what would become human) and had to adapt to life differently than other groups of the same ancestor, who adapted to life in tree dwelling habitats. This is evolution. Nobody has seriously held that we "came from apes" and "apes just haven't caught up yet" as you implicitly posit.

I suggest picking up a text book or taking a course in Biology to learn about the theory and gain insight on just what evolution exactly is about, rather than operating on what appear to be gross assumptions.