Were we mice back then?

Question

Before the monkeys came there were mouse like creatures that evolve into monkeys they were called Prosimians that evolved into monkeys to ape to man, So were we mice back then before lemurs and smaller monkeys

Answer 1

Yes, but human ancestors before that were lizards and before that a fish with a third eye on top of it's head that evolved into the pineal gland and before that, I don't know, and before that bacteria!

Answer 2

According to the modern theories of evolution, most of the modern creatures today, such as mice, monkeys, humans, gorillas, etc., had a common ancestor, which, itself neither exists today nor has been located. This is the "missing link" some people talk about that had characteristics which passed onto several species. The "missing link" however, is also something of a myth, as there would be SEVERAL phases of species between humans/gorillas, and say, something dated at 200,000 years ago.

There's also some controversy between which continent can claim the most ancient origin of human ancestor, and this leads to the argument of what time period is best to start saying the human family tree had really begun.

As for the mice-lemure-monkey-ape-man chain, these species are actually separate. Its sort of like most living things today are the new 2008 models off the car lot and you are asking if the 2008 Toyota evolved from the 2008 Nissan. Cars have a common ancestor but it wouldn't look like any of the cars today.

to further illustrate this problem, let it be said that if humans evolved from apes, why do we still have apes?

Answer 3

Darwin never said that we evolved from monkeys. He said that monkeys and humans share a common ancestor. So to say that Prosimians evolved into monkeys to apes to man is a misnomer.
As for what "we" were back then, we weren't around back then. If you follow the ancestry far enough back, you will discover an ancestor that resembles a rodent, which were the first mamals.

Answer 4

Our ancestors were likely tree shrews but there is not agreement. Four competing theories are listed below for what eventually evolved into primates.

"...1) Erinoaceomorpha (hedgehogs)
2) The suborder Lipotyphla - which contains shrews, moles, tenrecs and selenodons.
3)Tree shrews
4) Archaic taxa such as Leptictidae or Apatemyidae - which may or may not be insectivores....

Answer 5

This is very doubtful. Mice are of the order of rodents. There is no reason to believe that rodents evolved into primates.