IT IS BILINGUAL PRESENTATION OF COMMENTS ON PRIMATE ANCESTORS OF HUMAN LINEAGE FROM DRYOPITHECUS TO ORRORIN .AND THE QUESTION OF OUR DIRECT ANCESTOR .

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Dryopithecus
( Oak tree Ape )
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Tree dweller ,heavy bodied, four footer Ape
A little like monkey a little like Chimpanzee
Used hands like monkeys, ate fruits & leaves
Walked in an odd fashion like Chimpanzees .
It is not possible to describe it with ease, bhai
With its Orangutan like build ,Gorilla like face
Chimp like head & limbs, Bonobo like size
inhabitant of both European & African jungles high !.

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Sahelanthropus tachadensis
( Sahel man from Chad )
A little like Chimpanzee a little like Humans
it displayed the features of both primates
Perhaps the first ape which looked a bit
more like a human being than others.
But the big question which mocks us at our face
Was it ancestor of both Chimps and Humans ?
Or it was the first representative of human lineage ?
Or was it an ancestor of Chimpanzees ?
Or it was ancestor of neither but related to both ?
Or it was an ancestor of Gorillas ?
Why all this uncertainty survives ?
For it had small Canine and incisor teeth
Could walk upright on its two legs
Its Brow morphology differs from all hominins
Some features resemble those of Proto Gorillas
Its Ape like wide Eye sockets .

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Orrorin
We were the original‘ Man ’ ;Were we ?
blessedwith somefeaturesof Chimpanzees
and some of humanswe were a blend of both
but more likehuman ape so far-that’s true.!
In fact we were of the sizeof Chimps
but our teeth were small with thickenamel
and lifestyle similarto other hominins.
With graspingabilitywe easily climbedthe trees
at the same time walked on ground with equal ease
in fact we could even run on our two feet
showing we were a transitional form – a link
between tree dweller and non tree dweller forms.
We were inhabitantsof Tugen hillsin Kenya
One of the famous cradles of human racein Africa.

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A Question
It is a very Challenging Question
It faces us tilldate ,in one form or another
Oh ! How exactlyour forefathers lookedlike?
Were they like handsomeDevi devtas ?
Or Sahelanthropus or Orrorinlike ?
For if indeedthey were likethe later
the pictureof progenitorsof mankind
Manu , Aadam haua , or Adam & Eve
long cherished by mankindgets disturbed
and human race is out for a rudeshock.
Just see Miltonhas portrayedAdam & eve
as a beautifulcouple but it now appears to be
a misconception –onlya figmentof his imagination
And sincethesegentlemenfrom Africa
were our ancestorshow does it matter
whether they walked on Earthin 5,6 or 7 Mya .
for our old dream likenotion standsshattered.
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