Part 1　Ancient History　古代史 第一章　我们从哪里来 1.Origin of the Human　人类的起源 The Evolution of Ape-man　猿人的进化 The ape-man（formerly know as Homo erectus）is an extinctspecies of hominid that originated in Africa,and spread as far as India,China and Java,about 1.8 to 1.3 million years ago. 图片: 猿人复原图 The first theory is that ape-man migrated from Africa during the Early Pleistocene,possibly as a result of the operation of the Saharan pump,around 2.0 million years ago,and dispersed throughout much of the Old World.Fossilized remains 1.8 to 1 million years old have been found in Africa（e.g.，Lake Turkana and Olduvai Gorge），Europe（Georgiaand Spain），Indonesia（e.g.，Sangiran and Trinil），Vietnam,China（e.g.，Shaanxi）and India. The second theory is that ape-man evolved in Asia and then migratedto Africa.The species…