Introduction
“Your Inner Monkey” explores how we evolved from apes and how our society has changed because of the human body’s gradual development. In a way, I am compelled to agree with the theory that increasingly complex species evolved via a sequence of interconnected events, even when there is no evidence for these processes in real, live organisms. From watching the film, I feel obligated to accept the premise that there could be evidence to suggest so.
Discussion
From the film, it becomes evident that our ape ancestors lost their sense of smell due to a genetic mutation that also resulted in the creation of the ability to detect color, which we share but not with them. I like growth began with the limbs and worked its way up to the head and eyes (vision). We seem to have inherited our forefathers’ hands, visual capacity, and brains. Elongated fingers might have aided our ancestors, who lived in trees, by making it easier to grab fruit from low branches.
The film clearly summarizes the theory of human progression by tracking the evolution of the human brain from its humble beginnings as a protrusion on a nerve cord, through the three lobes of the shark’s brain, and finally into the complex intelligence of a monkey. This, in my view, depicts how our physiological systems, down to the tiniest organ, gene, and cell, are interrelated with one another and with all other forms of life on Earth. In this way, I think the movie does a good job of showing how the bodies of modern animals have changed over time. This helps us figure out how an ancient aquatic creature first came out of the drying water, took a deep breath, and started the long journey to humans.
Conclusion
Therefore, the film analyzes the human body and its startling evolutionary foundations. It is incredibly touching, even beautiful, to discover or think that every part of our body, down to the tiniest organ, cell, and gene, is connected to every other living creature on Earth.