The term 'steps in human evolution' can be summarized as the stages of development that humans have gone through to reach their current form. The first step in this process is the emergence of APES, which are believed to have evolved from primates around 6 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of Homo habilis, the first species of the genus Homo, which appeared around 2.8 million years ago. Homo erectus then emerged around 1.8 million years ago, and Homo sapiens, the modern human species, appeared around 200, 000 years ago.