The answer to who was the first person on Earth depends on the perspective:
- From a scientific viewpoint , there was no single "first person." Modern humans, Homo sapiens, evolved gradually about 300,000 years ago from earlier hominids through a long process involving many transitional generations. The concept of a single "first person" is not consistent with evolutionary biology, which sees human traits developing over time in populations rather than appearing suddenly in one individual.
- According to Abrahamic religious traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), the first person was Adam, created uniquely by God from dust and given life by divine breath, making him the first human being and ancestor of all people. This narration comes from the Book of Genesis in the Bible and is central to these faiths.
- In Hindu tradition , the first man is known as Manu, considered the progenitor of humanity according to Vedic and Purana texts.
Scientifically, the idea of a single "first person" is not accurate; the emergence of anatomically modern humans was a gradual evolutionary process. Religiously or mythologically, the identity of the first person varies by tradition, with Adam in Abrahamic faiths and Manu in Hinduism being key figures representing the first humans.
