Реферат: Evolution Essay Research Paper We actlike animals

ago. Data indicated that the blood proteins of humans, chimpanzees, and

gorillas are equally different from each other. In other words, a type of

evolutionary event 7million years ago caused a common ancsestor to split in

three directions at once. This type of evolutionary event not only led to the

evolution of modern humans but also of modern chimpanzees and modern gorillas.

In the 1980s, discoveries of much more complete specimens of Ramapithecus

fossils, settled the dispute of the evolutionary event.

The original Ramapithecus fossils are undisputedly human like in various ways,

but the species of Ramapithecus was not human like. The jaw of Ramapithecus was

a V-shape, not a U-shape. In addition, Ramapithecus had lived a lifestyle in

trees, similar to its ancestors, the orangutans. Also Ramapithecus was not a

bipedal ape, which proved that it was less of a primitive hunter-gatherer.

The beginning of the apes and forward onto the human proceeds through fourteen

different types of primitive Homo sapiens. The first primitive ape,

Phiolethecus is similar to a modern-day spider monkey except for its skull,

face and teeth. Its skull, face and teeth are similar to the skull, face, and

teeth of a gibbon. A gibbon is described as an animal with a slender body with

long dangling arms. Scientists believe that Phiolethecus probably have used its

arms in order to swing from tree to tree throughout the jungle. The Proconsul

is an early ape, which was once considered to be a distinct genus. A genus is

defined as a class or group of species. The Proconsul is defined as a subgenus

of Dryopithecus. Dryopithecus is an ape that evolved in Africa in various

forms. It is believed that they are distant ancestors of the chimpanzee. In

addition, it is a larger form and predecessor of the gorilla. First of the

fossil great apes to be discovered, Dryopithecus was spread out and distributed

throughout Europe, India, China and Africa. On the contrary, the skeleton of

Dryopithecus is still frustratingly incomplete. The skeleton has been

reconstructed by used the jaw and tooth bone fragments. Standing at bout four feet

tall and weighing about eighty pounds, Oreopitecus is a possible branch of the