The closest ancestor to cavemen would be the early hominins, such as Australopithecus or Homo habilis. These human-like species lived millions of years ago and exhibited traits that are seen as early precursors to the physical and cognitive characteristics of modern humans.
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Homo erectus is the closest known relative to modern humans.
Homo erectus is the closest known relative to modern humans.
Chimpanzees and bonobos are considered to be the closest living relatives of humans. They share about 98-99% of their DNA with humans and are believed to have split from a common ancestor with humans around 6-8 million years ago.
The two closest living relatives of humans are chimpanzees and bonobos. All three species belong to the family Hominidae and share a common ancestor that lived around 6-8 million years ago.
An ancestor is a person from whom one is descended, while a descendant is a person who is descended from a particular ancestor. An ancestor is someone who comes before you in a family tree, while a descendant comes after you in a family tree.
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There were no human species known as "Cavemen".
Caveman as a term could refer to either Neanderthal or Cro-Magnon man (who modern indigenous Europeans are descended from).Both modern humans (descended from Cro-Magnon) and Neanderthals share a common ancestor from 200,000 to 500,000 years ago. However, this ancestor has yet to be discovered.
The early ancestor closest to modern man in intellectual ability was the
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If your referring the dawn of man, (first upright walking animals with two legs and two arms), as caveman then the closest ancestor would be the time relevant species of monkey because without knowing what the missing link between the two is we wouldn't know that answer. This suggests evolution which suggests we all started as bacteria from alien water sources when H2O enriched meteors pummeled the earth some time after it's birth.
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The last common ancestor between Homo sapiens and their closest relatives among other apes (Chimpanzees) occurred around 6 to 8 million years ago. Because this field is such a new one, and because the information is so limited, as of yet it is difficult to assign a specific species to the common ancestor. Right now the closest we have come is Sahelanthropus tchadensis.
The cougar is the closest living relative of the cheetah. They both evolved in North America from a common ancestor.
The closest related species of the cheetah are the cougar and jaguarundi. They all descended from a common ancestor.