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Humans share a common ancestor to Chimps and Bonobos. This ancestor is one that we would likely label an ape. Therefore for most people's purposes, yes, we evolved from apes, but not from modern apes.
We would most likely classify the miocene ape that is the common ancestor of humans and modern apes as an ape. It was a primate, as we are. The catarrhini include the old world monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and humans. These and the platyrrhini (new world monkeys) are included in the same clade. Our next closest relatives would be the tarsiers. We are yet more distantly related to lemurs, galagos, lorises, and other primates, all of which are, of course, eutherians (placental mammals).
Two key pieces of genetic evidence for our common ancestry with the old world primates are the L-gulonolactone oxidase gene which expresses a protein responsible for ascorbic acid synthesis, and the number of chromosomes. First, the GULO gene is broken in us the same way it is broken in almost all other old world primates. That is pretty decent evidence for common ancestry. On the other hand, the old world primates have 24 pairs of genes, while we have only 23. If evolution is correct, somehow a pair of monkey chromosomes must have fused. Chromosome ends contain recognizeable DNA sequences known as telomeres. It turns out we have identified the two ape chromosomes which fused to form a single human chromosome, and we even find the telomere markers within that chromosome.
There are plenty of other strong pieces of evidence. The Rh blood factor. The letters "Rh" came from the rhesus monkey, where the factor was first studied. Human females menstruate, procreate, give live birth, and nurse their young in much the same manner as apes. The differences between us and other primates are quite small.
What else can I help you with?
Where did your human ancestors originate from?
monkeys or apes
What the importance of apes?
Your ancestors were apes. Pretty important stuff.
What are the ancestors of the monkey?
apes and gorillas
Why should human being descend from apes - can't apes degenerate from the human being?
because apes came before humans did. you see apes starting loosing their hair and kind' of looked like people. hope this helped you
Where did apes evolve from?
Ape-like ancestors.
Are apes and humans classified as hominids?
Hominid - the group consisting of all modern and extinct Great Apes (that is, modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans plus all their immediate ancestors).Hominin - the group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species and all our immediate ancestors (including members of the genera Homo, Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Ardipithecus).
What two characteristics distinguished australopithecines from apes?
Australopithecines walked upright on two legs (bipedalism) and had a more human-like head shape, with a larger brain and flatter face, compared to apes. These characteristics helped distinguish them from their ape ancestors and indicated a transition towards more human-like traits.
Did you evolve from apes?
No, humans descended from ape-like ancestors. Evidence suggests that the human line split from the first gorillas around four to eight million years ago.
If we evolved from apes, and apes are animals and we are human. Are apes human or animal Or are humans animal or human?
Humans (Homo sapiens) are a part of the Animal Kingdom, and belong to the order of primates.
What kind of monkeys live in Rock of Gibralter?
Barbary Apes
Are humans from monkey?
Well, Monkeys and apes are from the same ancestors. We are not from monkeys.
Do apes have a brain the size of an human?
no
