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How was humans formed ?
Humans were created through the process of evolution by natural selection just like all living organisms. The human story begins about 5 million years ago when there were apes that were kind of chimp-like, gorilla-like and human-like. During this time, these apes began to become more and more different. One of these apes began to walk more upright and to loose its dense coat of hair. Over time, this ape started to build tools that gave it an advantage over teh other apes. Around 2.5 million years ago, the first human-like ape appeared and eventually, Homo sapiens, which we know as proper humans as we are today appeared around 200,000 years ago. It all happened very gradually, with small advantages in surviving and reproducing meaning that the ancient humans and all our ancestors lived while the other forms died out.


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