The human species, or in scientific terms known as Homo Sapiens, has evolved drastically over the last two billion years. All human evolution began with our great ancestors, the chimpanzees. Human evolution all began on the African continent. Due to global changes, evolution has changed over time. Thus leading to the evolution of humanity. But man didn't just evolve from chimpanzees. There were many different scientific processes and events that led to the final evolution of humanity. But what does it mean that humans evolved from chimpanzees? Why is human evolution such a small speck in the evolution graph of the entire earth? These questions that have been frequently asked by curious people have led scientists to delve deeper into this topic. Answers about how humans evolved have led to some big discoveries. According to scientists, chimpanzees are our great ancestors. At first their way of life was slightly different from ours. When humans walk on two feet today, chimpanzees walked on four legs. The chimpanzees went about their normal routine, foraging for food when they needed it and finding shelter when necessary. All that changed when a natural disaster occurred on the face of the earth. Before the disaster, the chimpanzees had nothing to fear. Life seemed normal. Once the disaster struck, things got worse. All the food the chimpanzees had on hand was gone. Food was scarce on land. After a couple of centuries, food and basic necessities were within the reach of the chimpanzees. This meant that instead of walking on four legs, chimpanzees had to walk on two. The other two body parts they used as legs would soon become... middle of paper... originated from an ancestor, the chimpanzee. Not only have we evolved physically, but we have also evolved culturally. The early behaviors of chimpanzees evolved into the behaviors exhibited by humans today. Human evolution has shaped our current society. Our society is still changing and humans continue to evolve more and more. Scientists are still doing more research and finding more important fossils that show us much more about our ancestors, who are chimpanzees. Zimmer, Carl. "Perplexing 400,000-year-old clue to human origins". NY Times, December 4, 2013. Web. December 11, 2013. Neimark, Jill. "Homo Sapiens, meet your extraordinary new family". Discover July 28, 2011. Print (Magazine). December 11, 2013. Gruber, Karl. "Discovery of oldest DNA confuses picture of human origins". National Geographic, 4 December 2013. Web. December 11, 2013.