Walker questioned whether evolution can be real based on the current existence of apes during a recent event at a Georgia church.
At one time, science said man came from apes. Why are there still apes? Walker said in an appearance at Sugar Hill Church in Georgia on Sunday that he should think about it.
Walker is running for the Republican nomination in order to challenge Sen. Raphael Warnock in the fall. Walker, the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, is seen as the front runner in the GOP primary. Walker was recruited by Donald Trump to run. The former football star has been welcomed by more traditional GOP figures.
One of the biggest misunderstandings of evolution has plagued scientists and biologists since Charles Darwin first made his theory. The theory doesn't state that humans descended from apes or Chimpanzees. Humans and apes were related millions of years ago.
Asking why modern chimps don't look like humans is like asking why the children of your cousins don't look like you. The Washington Post wrote in 2016 that they were on an entirely different evolutionary path.
Scientists continue to discover common ancestors between humans and monkeys despite the fossil record not being complete. The record supports some of the assumptions made by Darwin, such as that the common ancestors of humans and apes lived in Africa. Scientific America explained in 2020 that evolution is messier than Darwin could have predicted because there is no single link between humans and apes.
A person for Walker did not respond to a request for comment.
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