About 4.5 million years ago, humans and apes began to differentiate, resulting in Lamarcinopithecus, which later evolved into Australopithecus 2 million years ago and further developed into modern humans. The process of human development is generally divided into four stages:

1, early ape-man stage. Living about 3 million years ago to 6.5438+0.5 million years ago, it has the basic characteristics of human beings. It can walk upright and make simple gravel tools.

2. Late ape-man stage. About 2 million to 300,000 years ago, they had human-like bodies and huge brains, could make more advanced paleolithic tools, and began to use fire, such as Peking Man in Zhoukoudian, China.

3. Early Homo sapiens (the ancients) stage. From10-200,000 to 50,000 years ago, it gradually broke away from the characteristics of apes and became very close to modern people, such as Neanderthals in Germany.

4. Late Homo sapiens (newcomer) stage. About 40,000-50,000 years ago, at this time, the evolution of human beings has obviously accelerated, and it is very similar to modern people in form. Culturally, the art of sculpture and painting appeared, and decorations appeared. For example, in 1933, the Neanderthals of Gulong Mountain in Zhoukoudian were discovered. At this time, primitive religion has appeared and entered the matriarchal society. In the late Homo sapiens, modern people began to differentiate and form and spread all over the world.