Summary:
- Humans evolved from primates, a group of mammals that includes lemurs, monkeys and apes.
- Humans are part of the apes, but we did not evolve from apes, which also include chimpanzees and gorillas.
- About 5 to 7 million years ago, chimpanzees (our closest living relatives) and humans shared their last common ancestor.
- The ice ages allowed humans to migrate.
- Land bridges such as the Bering Strait allowed us to walk from the Old World to the New World.
- Use the resource below to answer the questions that follow.