The Evolution of Humans

“When they split from other primates they experienced some major changes such as losing body hair and developing sweat glands. The evolution of primates to humans took a very long time.”

—Jip

The evolution of humans

Fossils show that humans originated in Africa. Human skeletons and the skeletons of other primates are very similar. Human move around with straight legs while most primates move with bent legs Over time, humans developed a much bigger brain than their gorilla and orangutan ancestors. Humans started to genetically part ways from other primates around 8 million years ago. When they split from the other primates they experienced some major changes such as losing a lot of body hair and developing sweat glands. The evolution from primates to humans took a very long time. Scientists recognize around 20 different species of early humans. Early humans migrated out of Africa around 2 million years ago.

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