Question

Human evolution began approximately 5 million years ago. Justify the statement.

Answer 1

Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors starting nearly five million years ago. The modern scientific study of human evolution is called paleoanthropology. Most cultures throughout human history have myths, stories, and ideas about how life and culture came into existence. Although the current theory of evolution, based on the ideas of Charles Darwin, is accepted by a majority of scientists in our time, it is important to remember that many earlier ideas were recognized as well. Darwin presented evidence showing that natural species including humans have changed, or evolved, over long spans of time.