• Question: How was it possible that apes evolved into humans

    Asked by maddie; to Alex, Amanda, Marco, Olivia, Sha on 15 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Alex Evans

      Alex Evans answered on 15 Mar 2017:


      We believe that our ape-like ancestors may have started off not too differently to the chimpanzees we have in the world today, but gradually they began to adapt to grow bigger brains and walk more upright – perhaps because these traits made them better at survival. Bigger brains led to increased intelligence and the use of tools, and humans have kept adapting to learn and make new things ever since!

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