Do you believe that Man evolved from Ape?

Question

If so than where is the missing link? IN Africa?

Answer 1

Yes, humans evolved in Africa. Yes, from apes (although technically it can be argued that we are still apes).

Some of the earliest fossils of our ancestors - not yet human but not true apes either - were found in the Rift Valley in - help me out here, somebody - Tanzania? A female hominid, named Lucy by her discoverers, is probably the most famous example of these early ancestors.

Do a search - there are plenty of websites out there with information on human evolution.

Answer 2

I never understand religious people - what missing link exactly? Don't you know there have been dozens of hominid species discovered? Where is the missing link supposed to be? Also its incorrect to say man evolved from ape - we share a common ancestor with them about 10 million years ago.

Answer 3

Great apes evolved in Africa (Ramapithecus was an early one) 18-22 million years ago. But climatic warming 14 million years ago resulted in a tropical Europe and great ape migration, where they quickly diversified into a number of species. As Europe cooled 10 million years ago, surviving great apes migrated back into Africa and Asia, where their descendants became gorilla, chimp, man and orang. The last common ancestor of man and great ape may have been as far back as Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (known from fossils in Spain), 12-13 million years ago. Studies in molecular biology suggest that the reproductive isolation between man and chimp/bonobo (our closest ape relatives) may have started as far back as 10-11 million years ago, with occasional genetic exchange (interbreeding) until a final split 4.5-5 million years ago. This evidence from DNA matches the fossil record fairly well.

Answer 4

Here, meet our relatives:

Sahelanthropus tchadensis. 6 to 7 million years ago
Ardipithecus 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 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". But any of the above can be considered a link to the past.
Yes, they would be in Africa, since by the time of the great migrations out of Africa, we would have been recognisable as modern humans, albeit a bit hairier, and with more fleas than today.

Answer 5

Men (Homo sapiens) and all apes had a common ancestor. Men did not "evolve" from apes, so there is no "missing link." The common ancestor of apes and man had a common ancestor with monkeys. That common ancestor had a common ancestor with other primates (lemurs). Etc. etc. If you are up to it, read "The Ancestor's Tale" by Dawkins.

Answer 6

No, man is one of the great apes. Numerous links have been found, and genetic studies show that humans share genes with chimps that the two do not share with gorillas and orangutans.

Answer 7

I believe we share a common ancestor. The apes are not mans' father, they are his cousin.

Answer 8

The only thing your going to find in Africa is black people. Anything that old is long go now; its hard enough to find human bones from the stone age so imagine how much harder it is to find bones that are even older.

Answer 9

they seem to think so but sure as eggs they weren't created in some lush valley 4000 years ago by some spirit in the sky !

Answer 10

In the past, Father, in the past!