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Chimps are studied because they are believed to be very similar to what our joint human-chimp ancestor probably looked like. Frans de Waal mentions in his book Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape(1997) that the ancestor may have looked similar to the bonobo, a close chimp cousin with a lighter frame and a more docile temperament. This is because their proportions are very similar to those of Australopithecus (a.k.a. Lucy), a more recent human ancestor who went extinct around 2 million years ago. Lucy had an arm-leg ratio of 12% and 28%. Bonobos have a ratio of 16% and 24% (p. 25). It is important to mention that bonobos split from chimps and not the other way around. If our ancestor had the proportions of a bonobo, it's possible that chimps developed their heavier frames due to the roughness of their early environment.
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∙ 7y agoThey didn't. But we share a common ancestor. The line of development branched, and one line produced gorillas and another produced humans.
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∙ 12y agoby playing with other apes. and sticking there ya know in the other apes ya know
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Where did apes evolve from?
Ape-like ancestors.
What evidence is against humans evolving?
If we're evolving and evolved from monkeys or apes then why is there still monkeys and apes. We did not evolve from apes or monkeys. We branched off a common line. Humans did not evolve from apes. Humans and apes had a common ancestor . Apes evolved in one direction and we evolved in another. We probably looked a lot alike at first.
Did apes evolve from dinosaurs?
No! It has been a theory but they did not. Although I am a Christian.
What prehistorical creature did apes evolve from as cats of today large and small evolved from the Sabre toothed tiger?
Cats did not evolve from sabertoothed tigers. Rather, sabertoothed cats evolved from other cats. Modern apes evolved from miocene apes, which were somewhat similar. Miocene apes evolved from some lemur-like primate, or perhaps something like a lorise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loris
Why are there apes if humans evolved from them.?
evolution - apes continued to evolve as well. We came from all mamals, reptiles etc... each species continued to evolve into its own lines. All dogs came from the selective breeding from wolves, and wolves continue to exist.
When did humans chimpanzees and other apes begin to evolve different features?
2.4million yrs ago
What is the name for the religion in which you believe in God creating apes but the people evolve to humans?
The answer you are looking for is "Theist Evolution."
Did the first apes turn to human?
i am a Muslim and i believe that Hazrat Adam was the first human to step on earth and he was not an ape.
Where do man came from?
I think scientists and God are right. Maybe God made apes and make them evolve to be human
When was First Steps?
if you mean walking, it was first discovered by apes. it is when they discovered how to walk that they started to evolve into humans today.
how did ape/monkeys envolve to humans?
Humans did not evolve from chimpanzees or any of the other great apes that live today.
When was stepping first discovered?
if you mean walking, it was first discovered by apes. it is when they discovered how to walk that they started to evolve into humans today.
