Man is the crown of creation of the highest heavenly powers, every believer will say.
“No,” the convinced materialist will object to him. - Man evolved from monkeys in the process of long evolution millions of years ago.
“You are both right and wrong,” the intellectual, who tracks information about all the latest scientific discoveries and hypotheses, will tell them. - The fact is that evolution really took place, but it is also very likely that it was initiated and directed by certain heavenly forces...
The material published below also supports this point of view.

About the sons of God
For thousands of years, people believed that their distant ancestors were created by gods - or God, the Most High, the Creator. This process is described in sufficient detail, in particular, in the Bible (Old Testament, Book of Genesis, chapter two).

But in 1871, the book of the English naturalist Charles Darwin, “The Descent of Man and Sexual Selection,” was published, where the author substantiates the hypothesis of the origin of man from an ape-like ancestor.

Soon this hypothesis was recognized as reliable by both many scientists and people “from the common people.” However, not everyone recognized it as such, and not only among clergy and believers of various faiths. And this controversy continues in society to this day.
And starting from the second half of the 20th century, various versions of the “crazy” hypothesis have become popular, according to which the appearance of people on Earth is the result of the activities of... aliens.

The development of such an idea was facilitated by two events: the appearance on June 24, 1947 over the Cascade Mountains, in the northern part of the Pacific coast of the United States, of a flight of clearly manned flying saucers, and also what allegedly happened exactly a week later, on the night of July 2, an emergency landing (or crash) of an alien spaceship in the vicinity of the town of Roswell in the US state of New Mexico.
By the way, it was after these two events that the term “unidentified flying object” - UFO (in English Unidentified Flying Object - UFO) and the name of the science that studies such objects - “ufology” appeared.

It is characteristic that some adherents of the idea of ​​​​the “creation” of humanity by space aliens refer to ancient myths and traditions of various peoples, in which the gods who created people, as a rule, arrive on Earth from heaven. The Bible tells the same story. In it, along with the statement about the creation of Adam and Eve - the two first people in our world - by the Lord God himself, it also speaks about the participation of certain sons of God in the production of the earth's population: “When people began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them, then sons God saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful, and took them as wives as they chose.” “At that time there were giants on the earth, especially from the time when the sons of God began to come in to the daughters of men, and they began to bear children to them...” (Bible, Old Testament, Book of Genesis, chapter six, 1-2, 4 ).

Rescue of Star Brother
After the Roswell incident received wide publicity, publications began to appear in the media (mainly in the American ones) about meetings and conversations between people and aliens, during which space aliens reported how their ancestors participated in the creation and formation of our population.

According to a publication in the September 1996 issue of the American magazine Rage, one of these meetings took place just over a month after the Roswell incident, and again in New Mexico.

On the evening of August 13, 1947, six young descendants of the Apache Indians stopped for the night in the desert area of ​​the mentioned state. They were preparing dinner when a strong rumble was heard, then a roar, and the earth shook, as if during an earthquake. Having gone on reconnaissance, the Indians discovered not far away a twisted metal object crashed into the ground, inside of which there was a strange small creature. It was badly mangled, but showed signs of life. The Indians decided to try to save their foundling.
They managed to get out of Star Brother, as they began to call him among themselves. Having recovered, Brother (his real name was Bek Ti), using a crystal that transmits information in the form of images, told the young people the absolutely incredible history of the Earth and humanity.

It turns out that aliens appeared on our planet back in the days when it was a lifeless block of stone, and throughout the entire period of evolution they constantly interfered with its course. In some cases their intervention was beneficial, in others it was not. When people appeared on Earth, the aliens directed the development of humanity, but at the same time often led it to a dead end. They became our gods... and our devils. But they were always here.

How people were created
About the rescue of Star Brother, as well as what this messenger of a distant, highly developed civilization told earthlings about the history of their planet, was told 20 years later to his young grandson, Robert Morning Sky, one of the six Indians who saved the dying Bek Ti.
What he heard shocked and captured Robert. Since then, he has devoted himself to finding and studying sources that confirm Bek Ti's message. Its essence, together with the results of its searches, was outlined by Morning Sky in the work “Terra. The Unknown History of Planet Earth,” published in the early 1990s. Here are its contents.

In ancient times, aliens from outer space colonized the Earth, which was then still uninhabited. Homo sapiens - Homo sapiens - was created by the decision of their leader, initially so that his subjects would have intelligent and obedient workers. But for the right to rule on Earth, this ruler fought with his brother and, in order to assert this right, introduced his DNA into the genotype of the first human beings. And the first people became the “sons of God,” the children of their creator.

However, this “god-father” was also a scientist, he was interested in the possibility of creating creatures endowed with sensitivity and passion, as well as the ability to make their own judgments and independent actions. To achieve this goal, in the first generations of people, he used the DNA of representatives of another race, emotional and sentimental bird-like creatures. It gave people the opportunity to possess the qualities and abilities mentioned above. The “Creator” also taught people to unite for procreation of their own free will, without observing pre-established rules of reproduction. And the young human race began to grow rapidly.

Are they still with us?
As a result of the creativity of space aliens at the early stage of the emergence of humanity, two varieties of humanity arose: obedient individuals who unconditionally obeyed the aliens and genetically altered mutants whose behavior was guided by their own will. The brother of the creator of the human tribe expelled the mutants into the desert, dooming them to inevitable death, and to be sure, he even caused a flood to destroy the entire rebellious branch of the human race. But its creator managed to save a number of persecuted obstinates - a familiar episode from the Bible, isn’t it?

The moment came when the Earth began to be controlled by another race of aliens, in the guise of intelligent lizards, which are now often called “grays”. The Grays, genetically created by an even more highly developed race of reptiles, whose empire is located in a distant galaxy, and now secretly, unnoticed by us, lead many aspects of earthly life. They consume the natural resources of our planet, extract genetic material from our bodies to continue experiments to breed new species of intelligent beings, use our government agencies, such as NASA and the CIA in the United States, to keep secret the purpose, design and operation of a vast class of technological devices, which we define by the general concept of UFO. They have their own base on the Moon, and they warned us not to go there and stay away from it.

Robert Morning Sky ends his work with the following words: “As long as people accept the existence of lords and gods, they accept the existence of slavery. When man finally realizes that his possessions have been taken from him, when he finally begins to look upon himself as his only god and master over himself, then, and only then, will he be freed from the power of aliens and alien gods. Develop your spiritual world... This is the only path to liberation.”

Evidence of Alien Visits
In the Canyonlands, a national park in Utah, there are a number of anomalies that, according to Morning Sky, indicate that aliens have been there since time immemorial. He considers the main one to be the Arch of the Druids - the ruins of a gigantic structure with preserved traces of the hieroglyph. According to Robert, it means "king", and this mark could have been left by an alien ruler declaring his dominion after winning a battle with a rival.

Deep, even horizontal grooves were cut parallel to one of the rocks. Their natural origin is unlikely, especially since at the foot of the cliff there are no accumulations of crumbled rock, usual in such cases. These traces could have been left by a laser beam from a powerful space alien weapon.

In the bed of a dried stream lie huge blocks of stone with smooth rectangular edges. In the rocks that form the bed there are long straight grooves. There are no screes. Quarry using laser technology?

Near the road leading to the national park, there is the newspaper rock with numerous prints of six-toed feet scratched on it. All traces lead to the silhouette of a vertical structure on three supports (a spaceship?) standing among circles with various signs. According to Robert Morning Sky, this is a message about the resettlement of the ancient inhabitants of the Earth to other star worlds.

“You can believe everything I say, or you can not believe a single word I say. Is it all true or fiction? It’s up to you to decide.” In ancient times, the Apache Indians ended their oral traditions with these words.

With the accumulated knowledge, modern science is much easier to understand the question of how man appeared on Earth than even 50 years ago. Despite the remaining blank spots in the ancestry of humanity, the origins of man are clearly visible.

Who are our ancestors?

Humans belong to the hominid family and share the same ancestor with chimpanzees and gorillas - a representative of the genus Dryopithecus. Gibbons and orangutans are separate branches of hominids. According to the classification, they belong to the great apes, but genetically they have little in common with modern humans.

Dryopithecus lived in trees and ate plant foods, as evidenced by finds of jaws and examination of tooth enamel. Externally, Dryopithecus resembled modern bonobos. Human ancestors lived 9-12 million years ago.

Rice. 1. Dryopithecus.

The most ancient ancestor of all apes is considered to be the proconsul, who lived 18-15 million years ago. This tree monkey combined features of monkeys and apes.

Dryopithecus gave rise to several hominid lineages, but only one of them led to the appearance of the first Homo sapiens. Our pedigree is presented in the table.

Name	Latin name	How many years ago did you live
Early Australopithecines (Nakalipithecus, Sahelanthropus, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus anamensis)
Australopithecus afarensis	Australopithecus afarensis
Rudolf Man	Homo rudolfensis	2.4-1.85 million
A skilled man
Man working
Homo erectus		1.45-0.8 million
Heidelberg Man	Homo heidelbergensis
Helmea Man
Idaltu man	Homo sapiens idaltu
Homo sapiens	Homo sapiens sapiens

Rice. 2. Human pedigree.

It should be understood that evolution is not a linear process. It cannot be assumed that one day Homo was suddenly born in the same Australopithecus family. A million years is a long period of time during which multiple changes could occur. Perhaps during this time some other species of hominids lived, the remains of which have yet to be found by archaeologists.

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Who is Neanderthal

Homo erectus from Africa spread across Asia, Europe, and Indonesia, giving rise to new lineages of hominids. Some of the descendants of Homo erectus are European Neanderthals. This is a dead-end branch that existed at the same time as the first representatives of Homo sapiens.

Modern Europeans have 2.5% Neanderthal genes.

Neanderthals have been studied quite well. They lived in small settlements, were good hunters, knew how to make fire, and even took care of the elderly.

Rice. 3. Neanderthal.

Who is considered a person?

Scientists, even having numerous data, continue to argue about when and how the first man appeared on Earth. The problem is who exactly, by what criteria, is considered a person. Relying only on external data is not enough, because... many representatives of ancient hominids had the appearance of a monkey and the features of Homo. Let's look at three controversial signs of “humanity”.

• Upright walking . Human ancestors rose to their feet 7 million years ago. This was facilitated by access to the savannas. At the same time, Australopithecus erectus with shortened forelimbs remained a monkey with powerful jaws and a hairy body.
• Labor activity . It arose about 2.6 million years ago, i.e. before the emergence of Homo habilis. Ancient hominids did not have a well-developed brain or a working hand, so all activity was reduced to breaking nuts with stones and making sticks for catching insects. Modern chimpanzees can do this job quite well.
• Culture . It appeared 400 thousand years ago and was very primitive. Dashes and crosses were found on shells and stones, which may have been made for “beauty.” At the same time, ritual burials appeared.

Fire was first used 1.5 million years ago. However, humanity learned to make fire in different ways only 500 thousand years ago.

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ape people appeared on Earth about a million years ago and disappeared half a million years later. The descendants of the ape people are the ancient people, who are usually called Neanderthals.

When did the first man appear?

Many people are interested in the question when did the first man appear. Below you will find historical finds that to some extent answer this question. To date, bone remains of Neanderthals have been discovered in approximately thirty locations in the Old World countries - Europe, Asia, and Africa. There are incomparably more open sites where only Neanderthal flint tools were discovered. No Neanderthal sites have been found in America or Australia. This is explained by the fact that in these countries there have never been apes, from which people descend. Consequently, the descendants of fossil anthropomorphic monkeys - apemen and Neanderthals - also do not have to be found there. America and Australia were settled by people relatively recently, about ten to fifteen thousand years ago. These were the ancestors of modern American Indians and Australians. Now we have an answer to another question: where did the man appear. The first Neanderthal find (a partial skull) was discovered in the Gibraltar area more than a hundred years ago, in 1848, long before the bones of Pithecanthropus and even before the publication of Darwin's famous work " Origin of species" It is not surprising that no one attached any importance to the Gibraltar find. The second similar find (a skull cap and some other skeletal bones) was discovered in 1856 in Germany, in the Neander Valley, which is why the people of this species themselves, who form the connecting link between ape-men and modern people, are called Neanderthals. What was the first man? Although this find received some attention, it still did not receive proper assessment, despite the fact that some scientists thought about the strange shape of the Neanderthal skull cap. Only after the remains of Pithecanthropus were found on the island of Java did it become clear that the unusual features of the Neanderthal skull (as well as several other skulls of this type discovered later) were not the result of some kind of deformity, as some opponents of the doctrine of evolution claimed, but that the bones Neanderthals are the remains of a special type of people who are our predecessors. Figure 1 - One of the Neanderthal skulls found in France. Judging by the bone remains, it is clear that Neanderthals were less bestial than ape-men. The lower part of the face of Neanderthals did not protrude forward as much as that of Pithecanthropus and Sinanthropus, and the braincase was no smaller in volume than that of modern people. But still, the skull vault of Neanderthals was not yet high enough, the forehead was sloping and ended in front with a powerful supraorbital ridge, although smaller than that of ape-men. The lower jaw of Neanderthals did not yet have a protruding chin. The Neanderthal was somewhat shorter in stature than modern man, which is why the large head sitting on a short and thick neck seemed even larger. The Neanderthal stood on legs slightly bent at the knees with flat feet. In general, the Neanderthal looked awkward, stocky and strong. Figuratively speaking, he was rough-hewn, but firmly put together. About one hundred to one hundred twenty thousand years ago, the descendants of the Neanderthals appeared - modern people. The most ancient of them are usually called Cro-Magnons (after the name of the village of Cro-Magnon in France, where fossil bones of this type were discovered). Thus, link by link, the entire chain connecting fossil anthropomorphic apes with modern humans was restored.

Incompatible figures about human origins

So, from the appearance of the first people on Earth to our time about a million years have passed t. However, this huge period is insignificant in comparison with the hundreds of millions of years during which life on Earth developed. And how childishly naive the Bible’s statement looks, against the backdrop of this chronicle of life, that the Earth, the “celestial lights,” plants, animals and people were created by God about seven thousand years ago. The ancient Christian preacher Lactantius believed that science and enlightenment are a mortal sin before God, that people are not supposed to know anything other than what is written in the Bible. However, out of curiosity, he calculated that the act of divine creation occurred six thousand years before him, that is, almost seven thousand six hundred years before our time. One of the greatest obscurantists, Pope Gregory XIII, who lived in the 16th century, calculated that Adam was created by God in 5199 before the birth of the fabulous Christ. But one English preaching scientist beat the “vicar of God on Earth” in terms of “accuracy.” He argued that God's creation of people occurred in 4004 BC, October 23, exactly at nine o'clock in the morning! Here is another example of the fabrications that theologians of the past engaged in. The Bible tells about monstrous giants, about how ancient people died many hundreds of years old. Adam, for example, the Bible says, lived nine hundred and thirty years, and one of his descendants, Methuselah, died at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine. The Bible even mentions such “righteous people” who were taken by God to heaven alive and, therefore, endowed with immortality. The Catholic preacher of the 4th–5th centuries, Saint Augustine, whom we mentioned, referred to the teeth found in the ground... of mammoths, which he mistook for human teeth, as evidence that giants really lived in ancient times. In the past, fossil animal bones were exhibited in churches in various European countries. They were supposed to testify that giants really lived in ancient times. Based on such fossil bones, one "scientist" priest calculated that the biblical Aden was 123 feet and 9 inches tall, and Eve was 118 feet, 9 inches and 9 lines! (A foot is an English unit of length equal to 30.47 centimeters; an inch is 2.64 centimeters, or 10 lines). Let us also mention as a curiosity that in the capital of Austria, Vienna, in the Church of St. Stephen, until recently, believers were shown mammoth bones as the remains of some giant of biblical times.

The science of human origins

We know well that the most ancient people not only were not giants, but that they were shorter in stature than modern people. We also know that the age limit of ancient people was less than ours. The bone remains of people make it possible to restore not only the appearance of the most ancient people, but also to judge their approximate age. Typically, the age of skeletons is determined primarily by the development of teeth, their preservation or destruction, as well as by the degree of healing of the sutures of the skull. Because life expectancy anthropoid apes are smaller than those of modern humans, then the cranial sutures in these animals also heal faster. In our most ancient ancestors - the ape-men and Neanderthals, who occupy a middle place in the evolutionary chain between anthropomorphic apes and modern humans, the cranial sutures, quite understandably, should have healed later than in the apes, but earlier than in us. Judging by the degree of overgrowth of the seams on the skulls of our predecessors, we can establish their approximate age. Our most ancient ancestors, who ate very rough food, undoubtedly wore down their teeth faster than modern people. This sign also makes it possible to judge their age. And so scientists calculated that only rare Neanderthals lived to be sixty years old. The age limit for the vast majority of Neanderthals ranged between forty and sixty years. The age of the oldest people of the modern type (Cro-Magnons) was also somewhat younger than that of living people. These data, of course, have nothing in common with the fabrications of the Bible and its interpreters.

How many years ago did man appear on Earth?

The most ancient, reliable representatives of the human race are known to be approximately 2 -2.5 ml. years ago. And modern humans appeared 40-50 thousand years ago.

For many millions of years, human ancestors inhabited a limited area in eastern Africa. Here, on Lake Victoria, 18 million years ago lived a proconsul, our common ancestor with apes; Here, more than 4 million years ago, Australopithecus afarensis, our erect ancestor, arose. The first representative of the genus Man, a skilled man who appeared more than 2 million years ago, spent his entire history here, and here 1.6 million years ago an upright man arose. It is not known where our species, the intelligent man, began its journey, but somewhere nearby.

The oldest of the genus Homo is Homo habilis, or skilled man, the first representatives of which appeared on Earth about 2 million years ago. Before this time, only australopithecines probably existed. About 2.5 million years ago, a split occurred in the evolution of hominids, as a result of which the massive australopithecines (a dead-end branch of evolution) and the genus Homo became separated. In addition to the finds from the Olduvai Gorge, the species Homo habilis also includes the so-called Rudolf man, Homo rudolfensis, whose skull was found in Kenya in 1972 in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bLake. Rudolph (now Lake Turkana), as well as finds from Ethiopia and South Africa. The antiquity of these species is from 2.4 to 1.9 million years. It is assumed that these first people were the creators of the tools of the oldest Olduvai (pebble) culture on Earth. There are finds that have not found a taxonomic definition and some researchers refer to Homo habilis, and others to groups of archanthropes (ancient people) that replaced Homo habilis approximately 1.6-1.5 million years ago.

The group of archanthropes includes two main species. This is a species of Asian ancient people, Homo erectus, and its African variant, Homo ergaster.

Time of appearance of sapiens

“There are judgments about three possible levels of identification of the sapiens line: early, middle and late (p. 97).

A more widespread opinion is that the sapiens lineage appeared in the Middle or Early Upper Pleistocene. As a probable ancestor in this case, different authors mention different forms: either one of the late progressive erecti (Vertescelles), or an early archaic sapiens (Swanscombe), or an early progressive Neanderthal (Ehringsdorf).

Finally, there is an opinion about the late origin of sapiens. In this case, the ancestor is usually considered to be the progressive Palestinian paleoanthropes or even the “classical” Würmian Neanderthals. The latter point of view is supported by both archaeological arguments (continuity of the late Mousterian industry of “classical” Neanderthals and the Upper Paleolithic sapiens culture) and morphological ones (for example, the Skhul type of people, who combine “Cro-Magnon” and “Neanderthal” features).

However, it is known that the “classical” Neanderthals were later forms of hominids that coexisted with the first neoanthropic sapiens. To resolve this contradiction, it is assumed that the rate of sapientation in this late short period of anthropogenesis significantly accelerated due to heterosis during displacement.

The processes of sapientation occurred in different populations of paleoanthropes, but at different rates, and for a number of reasons (for example, living conditions) did not always reach the final stage.

Of course, individual features of the “sapient” complex could have appeared early, even in the Eopleistocene. The morphological variability of hominids in general is very wide, and, probably, repeated mutations played an important role in it, as in other primates.

Apparently, some signs of the “sapient” complex could have arisen in the evolution of individual groups of hominids long ago and repeatedly. And in this sense, we have the right to say that sapientation has deep roots, although the oldest real "sapiens are still not known earlier than 0.1 -0.07 million years ago" (p. 97--99).

Spread of modern humans

More ancient fossils have been found in Africa than on any other continent. Thus, in Southern Ethiopia they found Omo-I, an incomplete skull with many modern features, which is probably more than 60 thousand years old. At the mouth of the South African Clasis River, “modern” remains were discovered that were 100 thousand years old, and in Border Cave a “modern” lower jaw was found that was 90 thousand years old.

Fossil skulls from 40 thousand years ago, which belong to a completely modern type, are found in various areas of Asia - from Israel to Java. They all have a chin protrusion or other distinctly "modern" features.

Humans first appeared in North America probably between 70 and 12 thousand years ago. During periods of extreme cold at this time, the sea retreated and a wide land bridge, Beringia, was formed, which is now flooded by the Bering Strait.

Traces of hearths and fossil remains, the age of which has been established, indicate that modern man lived in Australia at least 40 thousand years ago.

Most likely, people first appeared here between 55 and 45 thousand years ago, when the sea level was 160 feet (50 m) lower than now, and many islands formed a single whole.

This scale shows the development of all the primitive people of the world, from the period when the first humanoid hominids arose (5 million years ago) until 700 BC.

5,000,000-2,000,000 up to. AD

The first tree-dwelling hominids appear in Africa.

2,000,000- 250,000 up to. AD

Homo erectus appears and spreads throughout Asia and Europe.

250,000 - 120,000 up. AD

In Africa - Homo sapiens - who are gradually moving to the north.

80,000 - 30,000 up. AD

Neanderthals (cave dwellers) live in Europe.

50,000 - 25,000 up to. AD

Modern people are settling throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and America. Tools are made from bone and stone.

25,000 - 10,000 up. AD

The first round houses, drawings and carvings.

10,000 - 9,000 before. AD

Climate change, end of the Ice Age.

9,000 - 7,000 before. AD

The emergence of agriculture in certain areas of the world. Settlements in Syria, Palestine, Cyprus. Domesticated dog.

7,000 - 6,000 before. AD

In the eastern Mediterranean, goats, sheep, and pigs are domesticated. They make linen fabrics, ceramics, and copper is used. The first cities are being built.

5,000 - 4,000 up. AD

In Anatolia, copper and lead are processed. Horse and donkey are domesticated. Maize is grown in the Gulf of Mexico region, cotton is grown in Peru, and rice is grown in China and India.

4,000 - 3,000 up. AD

Sumerian civilization. First writing. Products made of gold, silver, lead. Irrigation. Sailing ships on the Nile and Euphrates. Stone temples and tombs in Malta and Europe.

3,000 - 2,000 up. AD

The first pharaohs of Egypt, hieroglyphic writing. The chariot was invented in Mesopotamia. The Rise of the Indian Valley Civilization. Cotton fabrics. Techniques for copper processing and fabric making spread throughout Western Europe.

2 000 - 1000 up. AD

Distribution of bronze processing methods throughout Europe. Construction of Stonehenge is completed.

1,000 - 700 BC

Olmec culture in Mexico. The Celts settled throughout Central Europe and the British Isles. By 700 B.C. The secret of iron processing was discovered in Europe. Prehistoric cultures developed in America and Africa.

Today humanity has reached significant heights in its development. People have made tremendous progress in all walks of life. And the more significant the achievements become, the more concerned is the question: who was our ancestor, the very first person on Earth?

The greatest minds on the planet, who took it upon themselves to find the answer, did not come to a consensus. According to some, man is the fruit of evolution, which is confirmed by archaeological finds. According to others, God created people in his own image, as described in detail in the book of Genesis. Still others claim that man was brought to Earth by alien beings. Each of the hypotheses has many controversial issues, but still, until they are completely proven wrong, they have the right to life.

According to scientists, the direct ancestors of humans are primates. Apes evolved by adapting to changes in the external environment, which became the impetus for their mental and physical development. The Earth's climate was changing, which forced primates to look for the first shelters that protected from wind and cold, to obtain food, creating adaptations for hunting and cultivating the land.

Since it was quite difficult to obtain food alone, great apes gathered in groups. Thanks to this, communication began to develop and the first speech appeared. All these factors caused changes in the anatomy and physiology of primates, which became decisive in the emergence of humans:

• the structure of the brain was transformed;
• bipedal locomotion developed;
• a significant part of the hairline has disappeared;
• the fangs have decreased in size;
• a grasping hand has developed;
• the larynx and hyoid bone dropped.

Our most ancient ancestors are the great apes Dryopithecus. They lived in Africa more than 9 million years ago. Primates lived in trees, since at that time a warm, humid climate reigned in the region of this continent. Due to changes in the external environment, the jungle began to disappear, and in its place savannas appeared, in which a new species of primates emerged - Australopithecus. They were not very different from their ancestors, but they already moved vertically, and with their freed forelimbs they used sticks and stones if necessary.

Anthropologists who discovered the remains of Australopithecus found that this species of primate lived on Earth about 4 million years ago. It was also found that the species of Homo habilis, who lived on the planet about 2 million years ago, comes from them, the representatives of which can already be considered human. Their height reached 1.5 meters, and their weight was up to 50 kg. The structure of the found skull of Homo habilis indicates that the brain of these individuals was significantly increased in comparison with Australopithecus, which indicates an increase in their mental development. Special bulges on the skull confirm that representatives of the Homo habilis species had a speech center.

After 0.5 million years, the species of Homo habilis transformed into Homo erectus. According to scientists, representatives of this species already knew how to speak clearly. From Africa they spread across Eurasia, which gave rise to the formation of separate races.

Despite the capabilities of modern science, it has not been possible to reliably determine where human life originated. Many are inclined to the theory that primitive people inhabited Africa. It was on this continent that archaeologists managed to find the oldest remains of representatives of the species Homo habilis, which gave birth to Homo sapiens. The age of the finds was about 1.5 million years.

This theory was challenged by Russian scientists who discovered the remains of ancient people in Yakutia, which are more than 2.5 million years old. Excavations in the area were carried out in 1982. Tools and remains of the first people were found here, which are a million years older than the finds discovered in Africa. Based on the discoveries made by archaeologists, we can come to the conclusion that the first people appeared about 2.5 million years ago. It can also be argued that the cradle of modern humanity is Asia.

The highest creation of a deity?

A huge part of the population is inclined to believe that man is the creation of God. Proponents of this hypothesis emphasize that the human body is very complex and perfect, and only divine power could create it. As described in the book of Genesis, God created the planet with all the creatures that inhabit it. The crown of his creation was a man created from dust, named Adam. In order for the human race to continue, the first man was given a companion named Eve, created from his own rib.

God also failed to determine the time when the first people were created. The Bible is interpreted differently by many. Proponents of the divine origin of people argue that in fact the description that the world was created in seven days should not be taken literally. In their opinion, the creation of the Universe and the Earth lasted much longer, which explains the origin of the antiquities found by archaeologists.

Coming from other worlds

The most controversial is the hypothesis about the alien origin of people. But, nevertheless, many scientists are inclined to believe that man appeared from another universe. In their opinion, people in their development have really gone from Dryopithecus to Homo sapiens. But humans and apes had no common ancestors. Once on Earth, Dryopithecus began to adapt to the conditions of the planet, which was the reason for its development. Based on these statements, the first people who can be considered the ancestors of modern humanity appeared about 10 million years ago.

Each of the above hypotheses has a number of gaps, which casts doubt on their truth. The only thing we can say with confidence is that the first man appeared on earth millions of years ago, and many generations passed until people reached the modern level of development.