2007-03-22 12:42:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The estimate is that modern humans (Homo sapiens) have been around about 200,000 to about 250,000 years (one-quarter million years).
Homo sapiens is that only surviving species in a branch (Homo) that split from the other apes about 5.3 million years ago. Other species on that branch include Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo neanderthalensis (which is another branch separate from ours, that co-existed with Homo sapiens until it went extinct only about 30,000 years ago).
2007-03-22 12:53:35 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
75,000 years ago a super volcanic event at Lake Toba reduced the human population to 10,000 or even 1,000 breeding pairs, creating a bottleneck in human evolution and the thoertical start of evolution for the human race because this was where mitochondrial eve the mother of all mitochondrial DNA is descended from
This was the greatest eruption of a volcanoe in the last 2 million years and brought about an ice age and the extinction of all other human species except homo sapiens, neanderthal man survived the catasthrophe but was reduced in great numbers also bottlenecked and became extinct around 30000 yo
2007-03-22 13:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
humans did not evolve that is propaganda from the illuminati
we were bred by the Anunaki as slaves to mine gold for them
the reptilian brain in out heads is a left over of Anunaki genetics
and it was about 2 million years ago
all the humanoids,that preceded homo sapian lived around the same time in the same place ,there were not millions of years between them as evolution would suggest ,they were the mistrails before thy got it right(this is a matter of opinion)and made us
the illuminati to this day try to control large parts of humanity by mental control via organized religions
2007-03-22 21:20:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is believed that the first split between the Pan/ homo sapien genera occured between 5-6 million years ago. Modern humans are believed to have began existing 200,000 years ago.
2007-03-22 12:55:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here, meet our relatives:
Australopithecus ramidus - 5 to 4 million years ago
Australopithecus afarensis - 4 to 2.7 million years ago
Australopithecus africanus - 3.0 to 2.0 million years ago
Australopithecus robustus - 2.2 to 1.0 million years ago
Homo habilis - 2.2 to 1.6 million years ago
Homo erectus - 2 to 0.4 million years ago
Homo sapiens - 400,000 to 200,000 years ago
Homo sapiens neandertalensis - 200,000 to 30,000 years ago
Homo sapiens sapiens - 130,000 years ago to present
Before them, between 5 and 10 million years ago, there was our common ancestor with the apes. This is what is romantically called "The missing link".
Pick one you would like to call the first human. Probably H habilus or H erectus would be prime candidates. So about 2 million years ago.
2007-03-22 12:53:25 · answer #5 · answered by Terracinese 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
homo sapiens about 120,000 years ago
to everyone else we didnt evolve from monkeys or other hominids
2007-03-22 13:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by wesnaw1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our species (homo sapiens) is about 200,000 (two hundred thousand) years old.
Neandertal go back around 700,000 years or more. Australopithecines may go back about two million years.
2007-03-22 12:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
We did not evolve, the one true God created us. Refer to Genesis 1 in the bible. He sent His son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins.
2007-03-22 12:51:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋
we involved from monkeys
2007-03-22 13:36:13 · answer #9 · answered by scotthueg 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They didn't. God created us as is.
2007-03-22 12:50:41 · answer #10 · answered by senojreppihculi 2 · 0⤊ 7⤋