2006-12-20 20:13:38 · 18 answers · asked by Sameer . 2 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Here, meet the relatives.
Australopithecus ramidus - 5 to 4 million years BCE
Australopithecus afarensis - 4 to 2.7 million years BCE
Australopithecus africanus - 3.0 to 2.0 million years BCE
Australopithecus robustus - 2.2 to 1.0 million years BCE
Homo habilis - 2.2 to 1.6 million years BCE
Homo erectus - 2 to 0.4 million years BCE
Homo sapiens - 400,000 to 200,000 years BCE
Homo sapiens neandertalensis - 200,000 to 30,000 years BCE
Homo sapiens sapiens - 130,000 years BCE to present
Before then, about 7-10 million years ago, we had what is romantically referred to as the Missing Link, an ancestor we shared with probably chimpanzees. So, yes, considering we are an ape species ourselves, we did originate from another ape species.
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2006-12-20 22:24:55 · answer #1 · answered by Labsci 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
We _are_ an ape species. You could, with some authority, group us as a great ape. Some even go so far as to claim we're another kind of chimpanzee, as we have an incredible amount of DNA in common with the common chimps and the bonobos. It's only ego, really, that categorizes us separately.
2006-12-23 10:36:04 · answer #2 · answered by random6x7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Physiologically, Humans are apes. Humans and our closest living relative, the Common Chimpanzee, diverged some 5-7 million years ago in Eastern Africa, following the deforestation of the area and the isolation of two population across the Great Rift Valley. While the population that went on to become the chimps stayed in the forests, the human ancestors made their home in the savannah where bipedalism, precision grip and language were beneficial traits that were selected for. The Australopithecines were among the earliest human ancestors to walk upright, which gave rise to Homo habilis, the first species of the genus Homo.
2006-12-21 04:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by unassailed 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Around 13 million years ago Pierolapithecus catalaunicus is believed to have been a common ancestor of humans and the great apes. Before that we speciated from lesser apes (Gibbons.)
2006-12-20 20:43:03 · answer #4 · answered by Marcus L 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The theory of evolution is well accepted now. There may be few missing links but there is no doubt about human and apes having same origin.
2006-12-20 23:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by Suresh s 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Both man and apes decended from common ape like ancestor.
2006-12-21 04:23:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No no no no no. Evolution is the biggest scam ever pulled. There are no missing links, very little evidence for the earths age being over 15,000 years, and the Big Bang even breaks a scientific law (matter cannot be created or destroyed). Intelligent design is the way to go.
2006-12-21 05:30:30 · answer #7 · answered by ZEN MASTER 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No. We share a common ancestor that existed prior to our branching off into our respective species.
2006-12-20 20:16:14 · answer #8 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not according to Darwin's theory.
And because you did not ask for an explanation that is the
the full answer.
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2006-12-21 01:45:35 · answer #9 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not.
Every hominid fossil found is either clearly man or clearly ape (except the ones that were fraudulently constructed!)
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3048/
2006-12-21 09:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋