modern apes

What Did The Humans Evolve From?

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What Did The Humans Evolve From? Modern humans originated in Africa within the past 200,000 years and evolved from their most likely recent common ancestor, Homo erectus, which means ‘upright man How did humans evolve from chimpanzees? There’s a simple answer: Humans did not evolve from chimpanzees or any of the other great apes that

What Is A Basal Anthropoid?

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What Is A Basal Anthropoid? Basal anthropoids. Eocene primates that are possibly ancestral to anthropoids. Which two genera may be ancestral to today’s orangutans? The genus Sivapithecus is now acknowledged as being the direct ancestor of modern day orangutans (Fleagle, 1999), and scientists believe that this line, the lineage that descended to modern day orangutans,