What did apes evolve from?

Question

What did apes evolve from?

Answer 1

We evolved from apes, not modern apes, and share a common ancestor with apes.  Genetic studies indicate that we likely have a common ancestor with chimps 5 to 7 million years ago.  Gorillas share an ancestor a few million years previous and Orangs about twice as distantly removed.  

All of the apes including us, share ancestors with old world monkeys.  It is likely the ancestor would be similar to some modern African monkeys.  Before that, it was something similar to a lemur.  Before that it was likely something like a tree shrew.

Answer 2

no, not the australopithecines!!!!!!!!!!

they evolved from some type of OW monkey during the mid- miocene and at one point there were perhaps as many as 40 different genera. examples of early apes include Proconsul, Pliopithecus and Sivapitheus.

source - richard Klein-The Human Career

Answer 3

Australopithecines

Answer 4

Like everthing else they evolved from fish.