Apes+adapting

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10 million years ago, apes started evolving into humans. for several centurys people have noticed that they have similiar anatomy and after Charles Darwin published The Origin Of Species most people where convinced. So I'm going to talk about why they adapted, what it was like before they adapted and why they adapted.

The apes lived in tropical rainforests in Africa, and there where many different species.They survived by living off plants and fruit and some of them would attack predators. The first clue that they were evolving into something different was when they started to live on the savanna, an enviroment that was unatural for monkeys because of how open it was, with few trees or shrubs. This group of monkeys were using there hands to do things and walking on two legs. There where advantages to having better brains, and slowly the apes became smarter, as the apes bone structure and bodies were slowly changing into human-like creatures. Some time later, they started using stone tools to do things. This was a sign that there brains were different, and they were becoming more intelligent. The creature they evolved into was Homo Erectus, the early man.



QUESTIONS
Humans did not evolve from one of the monkeys we know today, but an ape-like-creature which is ancestor to both apes and humans. The creature then evolved, and its lineage split into two new species. It might have been similiar to the great apes, but it has been decided that humans are most related to chimpanzees, as their bone structure and gene are similiar.
 * What species did Humans evolve From?**

We dont really know exactly why, but natural selection chose to change apes into something smarter- a new species. The main difference between chimpanzees and the modern day man (The proper name is Homo Sapien, meaning the thinking man.) is the ability to use tools and resources, and the intelligent survival tactics.
 * Why did they adapt?**

If **humans evolved from apes why are there still apes?** Humans didnt evolve from the modern day monkeys that we know. What happened is monkeys and humans rather evolved from the same ancestor, a type of species related to the great apes of today. The original creature then split into two different species, the humaniod and the ape. So apes still continue to live as their own species.

The first species was Homo Habballis. It developed from another species called Australopithecus Afarensis, which lived about 2.5 million years ago. the Homo Habbalis lived untill about 1.4 million years ago.
 * What was the first species of humans?**


 * References:**

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_human_evolution http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat02.html

By Katharine