The first record of a human-like animal is preserved in the form of which ape from North India and East Africa?

1. As apes evolved, the first human-like animals stood erect and used their hands. 2. A fossil record exists of such an early human-like ape. 3. This first record is named Ramapithecus. 4. It has been found from North India and East Africa. 5. So the answer is Ramapithecus. 6. Trap (Cro-Magnon): Cro-Magnon man appears much later, about fifty thousand years ago. 7. Trap (Neanderthal): Neanderthal man is the first wise-man, far later than this stage. 8. Trap (Australopithecus): this South African ape evolved after Ramapithecus, not as the first record. 9. Hence Ramapithecus is the first human-like animal recorded. _Source: Balbharati (Maharashtra Board) Class 10 Science & Technology Part 2, Ch 1 "Heredity and Evolution", p.18_