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There are as many stories about the origin of man as there are religions. The biblical Book of Genesis has two different accounts:

In Genesis 1:27, God created man, both male and female, as the last act of creation before he rested, in his own image.

In Genesis 2:7, God created man (Adam) from the dust of the ground as the very first act of creation, then created all living things and lastly took a rib from Adam so that he could create woman (Eve).

There is also the scientific answer. According to science, man has evolved in Africa from a distant ancestor of both humans and chimpanzees. DNA studies say that the split occurred about 7 million years ago, and in fact the oldest hominin (ancestral) fossil (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) is dated between 6 and 7 million years old. Our own species, Homo sapiens (or 'modern humans') evolved nearly 200,000 years ago and spread across the entire world.
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