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Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DID HUMANS REALLY EVOLVE FROM APES

BY DAKOTA ERTZ
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THE THEORY

MANY PEOPLE THINK WE EVOLVED FROM APES
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EARLIEST ANCESTOR: NAKALIPITHECUS NAKAYAMAI

IN 2007 JAPANESE SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED A NEW FOSSIL IN AFRICA

THEY NAMED IT NAKALIPITHECUS NAKAYAMAI

IT Was DATED TO HAVE LIVED ABOUT 10,000,000 YEARS AGO

THE NEXT ANCESTOR: ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS (ARDI)

IN 1994 THERE WAS A SKELETON FOUND AND PUT TOGETHER OF A VERY HUMAN LIKE CREATURE

ARDIPITHECUS WAS DATED TO HAVE LIVED 4.4 MILLION YEARS AGO

ARDI STOOD UPRIGHT YET STILL RETAINED THE OPPOSABLE TOE

LATEST COMMON ANCESTOR: AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS (LUCY)

IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE HUMANS OLDEST ANCESTOR UNTIL N. NAKAYAMAI WAS DISCOVERED
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THE FACTS SUGGEST THAT WE EVOLVED FROM APES

BUT IT IS NOT YET PROVEN