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Grade 6
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Evidence of Change
Humans’ earliest ancestors appeared in
primates
Africa
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about 27 million years ago. They ate
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and walked on four legs. Several types of early apes, called
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proconsuls
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, evolved. Together with apes and monkeys, we belong to a group of mammals called
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. Since humans have
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that is similar to chimpanzees, we likely have a common
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. This ancestral line split about six to ten million years ago. One important feature that primates developed was the opposable
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. This enables primates to
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and tightly hold objects. Another feature is binocular
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. Both eyes are aimed
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, making it easier to judge distances.