The evolution of humans is a lengthy process of change by which people transformed and originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific research and evidence show that the behavioural and physical traits shared by all people evolved over a period of nearly about seven million years ago and originated from apelike ancestors. Humans evolved in Africa and much of the human evolution occurred on that continent itself . The fossil evidence  of early humans who lived between 6 to 2 million years ago also comes  from Africa.