Question

Write evolutionary history of modern man.

Answer 1

The family to which human beings belong is called Hominidae. It was in the Miocene age that the family Hominidae split from the Pongidae(apes) family. Dryopethicus was the first in the evolution of man in the stages of evolution and some believe him to be the common ancestor of man and apes.
Around 2.5 million years later, the Ardipithecus ramidus, which could both live on trees, as well as walk about on land, roamed the earth.  Further evolution took place over the next 1.5 million years, which brought forth the Australopithecus afarensis. 
Another half million years later, came the Homo Habilis, the Homo Erectus and the Homo Heidelbergensis. The modern man or Homo Sapiens are thought to have evolved about 2 - 3 million years ago in Africa.

The evolutionary history of modern man is as follows:

Year	Evolution
15 million years ago	Dryopithecus (ape-like) and Ramapithecus (man-like)
3 − 4 million years ago	Man-like primates
2 million years ago	Australopithecines, also called Homo habilis, lived in East Africa
1.5 million years ago	Homo erectus
1,000 − 40,000 years ago	Neanderthal man
75,000 − 10,000 years ago	Homo sapiens