all the apes have evolved into human beings,then why still apes still exist today?why haven't they transformed into humans?

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It is not that humans evolved from apes but humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor. That is why it is said that humans and apes related species. So, both humans and apes are believed to have evolved from a common primitive ancestor.

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