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First take:

No, the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens (modern humans) evolved from Homo sapiens, and from other ancestors in the Homo genus.

Humans are still classified as apes, so it's incorrect (but mostly redundant) to say we evolved from apes.

-Side Note

Many people believe that man was created from dirt and clay based on teachings from The Bible in Genesis (2:4-25). Though this belief is based on faith alone, and not any scientific evidence.

Second take:

It depends on your use of the word "created." In the take above, he assumes created to mean "derived from". Using that same reasoning, you can say that potentially yes, modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) were created from dirt and clay. If you research before apes along the evolutionary chain in the fossil record, single celled organisms come first. There is a theory called clay theory which suggests that clays (such as montmorillonite) accelerated the conversion of fatty acids into clusters, which in turn could enclose RNA attached to the clay. The earliest cells may have been aided by this process, therefore essentially deriving humans from clay.

source:

Hanczyc, M.M., Fujikawa, S.M. and Szostak, Jack W. (October 2003). "Experimental Models of Primitive Cellular Compartments: Encapsulation, Growth, and Division". Science 302(5645): 618-622. doi:10.1126/science.1089904

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