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Apes do not turn into a men. Both the great apes and humans have a common ancestor who lived around 7 million years ago. One group of this ancestor population stayed in the trees and became modern apes, while another ventured further and further afield of the forest to become humans. The need to walk over savannah while our arms were full of various food stuffs or weapons lead to our current foot structure and bipedal locomotion. We lost our hair as a way to cool our bodies, and we gained darker skin to keep it from getting burnt by the sun. Our brains grew so we could better adapt to the ever changing environment of ancient Africa. Eating more cooked meat contributed to this growth. Our once ape-like flat nose grew to its current proportions to deal with colder temperatures. Before the Dawn (2006) by Nicholas Wade.

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