Approximately how many years ago did ancient man look like modern man?

Man has gone through a difficult and thorny path of evolution and anthropogenesis. Modern man appeared about 40 thousand years ago. Scientists named him “Cro-Magnon”, as the first skeletons of these people were discovered in the Cro-Magnon cave in France.

In terms of its physical development and appearance, it does not differ in any way from modern people. For a long time it was believed that the Cro-Magnon is a natural continuation of the Neanderthals, but modern research has proven that these are two different branches of human evolution. And if the Neanderthals became extinct, the Cro-Magnon adapted to the new conditions, and survived.