When did people begin on earth?

Answer 1

People first came on this earth after God created the earth. God first created Adam and from one of Adam's rib bones, God made a woman, Eve. Adam called her a "woman" because she came from man. And just a reminder, people did NOT originate from animals. In Genesis 1:20-25 it states when animals were made and then in Genesis 1:26, it tells how man was made in his own image.

Answer:

A lot depends on your definition of "people".

Most scientists start the process with th earliest hominids, such as the Australopithecines, about 2.3 to 2.4 million years ago in Africa. Human evolution branched off from a common ancestor with chimpanzees about 5--7 million years ago. From that split there were several species (Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis) but they are now extinct, we are the only survivors. Archaic Homo sapiens evolved between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago and spread out of Africa eventually populating the world.

Answer 2

* 2.5 million years since the appearance of Homo, the earliest of humans, * 200,000 years since humans started looking like they do today, * 25,000 years since Neanderthals died out.

Answer 3

200,000 years.