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No, the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens (modern humans) evolved from Homo sapiens, and from other ancestors in the Homo genus.

Humans are still classified as apes, so it's incorrect (but mostly redundant) to say we evolved from apes.

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Many people believe that man was created from dirt and clay based on teachings from the Bible in Genesis (2:4-25). Though this belief is based on faith alone, and not any scientific evidence.

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It depends on your use of the word "created." In the take above, he assumes created to mean "derived from". Using that same reasoning, you can say that potentially yes, modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) were created from dirt and clay. If you research before apes along the evolutionary chain in the fossil record, single celled organisms come first. There is a theory called clay theory which suggests that clays (such as montmorillonite) accelerated the conversion of fatty acids into clusters, which in turn could enclose RNA attached to the clay. The earliest cells may have been aided by this process, therefore essentially deriving humans from clay.

source:

Hanczyc, M.M., Fujikawa, S.M. and Szostak, Jack W. (October 2003). "Experimental Models of Primitive Cellular Compartments: Encapsulation, Growth, and Division". Science 302(5645): 618-622. doi:10.1126/science.1089904

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In some religious texts, such as The Bible and the Quran, there are accounts of humans being created from dust, clay, or mud. These stories are often interpreted symbolically to represent the idea of humanity's humble origins and connection to the Earth.

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Man was created out of moist earth in the second biblical creation story (Genesis 2:4b-25). However, in the first creation story (Genesis 1:1-2:4a), God's powers were unlimited and he needed no material to form living things. Here, he simply spoke humans into existence.

Neither of these biblical accounts accords with what we now know from science, but the ancients were looking for explanations that could be provided within their limited resources.

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