Question

The first ancestor of humans was ______.

Options

• Pithecanthropus

• Zinjanthropus

• Australopithecus

• Neanderthal man

Answer 1

The first ancestor of humans was Australopithecus.

Explanation:

Australopithecus is the earliest hominin. As discussed previously, they are considered the first true ancestors of modern humans because they were the earliest known group to exhibit definitive bipedalism (walking upright), paving the way for the evolution of the genus Homo.