Question: How did the first human on earth actually come to be and how did one human start such a large human race? (does this mean everyone is related?)

Asked by svetty to Heather, James, Mark, Matthew, Simon on 5 Sep 2012.

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  1. Photo: James SmithJames Smith
    answered on 5 Sep 2012:

    As we understand it the 1st humans came to “be” out of Africa. They evolved over 100s of 1000s of years from earlier hominoids. This evolution was a rapid process in evolutionary terms, but a very slow process in terms of a human generation.

    Due to evolution described above, humans did not start from just one individual, but from a small population of individuals.

    If you trace human ancestry back far enough yes we are probably reasonably closely, though not necessarily directly, related. 😀

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  2. Photo: Mark HamannMark Hamann
    answered on 5 Sep 2012:

    There is evidence that Aboriginal people have been in Australia for ~60,000 years with the oldest remains found in NSW (Mungo man).

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  3. Photo: Matthew DavisMatthew Davis
    answered on 5 Sep 2012:

    I have nothing to add I’m afraid.

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  4. Photo: Simon O'TooleSimon O'Toole
    answered on 5 Sep 2012:

    Well covered by James 🙂

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