Question 15. From which organism group the hominids were evolved? (a) Neanderthal (b) Hominoids (c) Neanderthalensis (d) Australopithecus Answer
Evolution: Humans: Origins of Humankind. In the 8 million years or so since the earliest ancestors of humans diverged from the apes, at least a dozen humanlike species, called hominids, have lived on Earth. And this list is getting longer. As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches.