Did homo sapiens evolve from homo erectus?

Was Homo erectus the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens, our own species ? Data suggest that increasing body size, greater reliance on animal food resources, and increased range size were part of a web of factors that facilitated the initial early dispersal of H. erectus from Africa. read more

More likely Homo sapiens and Homo erectus has a common ancestor that we both evolved from. At least that is the current accepted idea. It might of course change if we ever get more information. read more

Early Modern Homo sapiens. A ll people today are classified as Homo sapiens. Our species of humans first began to evolve nearly 200,000 years ago in association with technologies not unlike those of the early Neandertals. It is now clear that early Homo sapiens, or modern humans, did not come after the Neandertals but were their contemporaries. read more

A long with the other apes (which include chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans), we evolved from ancient apes. Like modern-day apes and monkeys, we evolved from ancient monkeys. And like all vertebrates with four-limbs, known as tetrapods, we evolved from the same ancient fishes. read more