Who is the original man?

Question

Who is the original man?

Answer 1

Your question may be answered several ways. The first modern humans, Homo sapien, spaien are dated from 100,000 to 40,000 years ago. The archaic form, Homo sapien goes back 400,000 years. These were "people" in that they looked very much like us. Earlier forms can be called "people" too. They made tools, used fire and controlled their environment. For me the first "people" would be Homo erectus

Homo erectus ("Upright Man") was the first hominid to leave Africa. His existence dates from 1.6 million years ago to perhaps 200,000 years ago. However, recent discovers have suggested that isolated populations may have existed even later.

Early discoveries of Homo eretus remains were variously named Peking Man, Java Man and Heidelberg Man. His range was all of Africa, most of Europe and as far east as China. Sites in California have been suggested as containing Homo erectus finds. No one had satisfactorily explained how the vast distance from China to California was crossed.

Homo eretus used stone tools made by the Acheuliam process. This mainly produced a hand ax, a fist sized piece of rock that tapered to a point. The hand ax was suitable to be used as an ax, a knife, scrapper, or to dig roots.

Camps are identified by the remains of the stone tools and the debitage (debris) left from their making. Bones, and stone circles also identify the camps. Inside the stone circles, believed to be the remains of huts made of hides or bush, are found hearths. Fire use is shown by the reddish color of the soil plus the remains of burned material (carbon products)

While Homo erectus used and controlled fire it isn't certain that he was able to create it. Most likely he was able to collect fire from lighting strikes and other natural sources. He then would maintain the fire and develop ways to carry embers to start more campfires. Fire can be made from percussion, striking sparks, by friction, rubbing wood together or by pressure as used in the fire piston. Homo erectus left no remains to suggest that he used any of these methods.

Answer 2

There never was one.  Every man had a mother and father that were nearly identical to him.  Over a million years; however, there are very noticeable changes.

Answer 3

Adam, of course!

Answer 4

One would think the first human would be a woman.

Answer 5

no one knows

Answer 6

Adam

Answer 7

Someone around 2 million years ago named Knapper.

Answer 8

There is no place in history where a nonhuman gave birth to a human.  It was a gradual process with the hominid ancestor becoming more like us.  

Mitochondrial eve or Y chromosome Adam were just the first to have the mutations that are possessed by all modern humans.  That hardly makes either of them the first.  There is no first humans or first chicken or virtually anything other species.

Answer 9

Old Bill --you know him--he live down the street-