Adam ('Alaihis Salaam) was the first man. Before him man did not exist in any form. You can read about Adam ('Alaihis Salaam) in Ibn Kathir's Stories of the Prophets:
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In it Ibn Kathir gives a hadith:
Ibn Kathir goes on to narrate the story of how Adam ('Alaihis Salaam) was created:
So we see that there was no creation called man until Allah Created a single man who was fully developed and formed from the very beginning.
As for the physique of Adam ('Alahis Salaam), then he had the best physique and form as he was created from Allah's Hands. We are told that the people of Jannah will be recreated with the Physique of Adam ('Alahis Salaam) so that tells you how great his physical stature was.
“Allah created Adam and he was sixty cubits tall. Then He said, ‘Go and greet those angels and listen to how they greet you, for that will be your greeting and the greeting of your progeny.’ He said, ‘Al-salamu ‘alaykum (Peace be upon you).’ They said, ‘Al-salamu ‘alaykum wa rahmat-Allah (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah).’ So they added the words ‘wa rahmat Allah.’ And everyone who enters Paradise will be in the form of Adam. People kept on growing smaller until now.” (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 3336; Muslim, 7092)
So physically, we did not evolve but in fact devolved.
Intellectually, Adam ('Alahis Salaam) was the best because Allah taught him the names of all things. Adam became the teacher of the Angels and the Angels made sujood to Adam because of his knowledge:
"Remember when your Lord said to the angels: 'Verily, I am going to placemankind generations after generations on earth.' They said: 'Will You placetherein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, while we glorifyYou with praises and thanks (exalted be You above all that they associate withYou as partners) and sanctify You.' Allah said: 'I know that which you do notknow.'Allah taught Adam all the names of everything, then He showed them to theangels and said: "Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful." They (angels)said: "Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us.Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise." He said: "O Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informedthem of their names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen in theheavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have beenhiding?"Remember when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourself before Adam" Theyprostrated except Iblis, he refused and was proud and was one of thedisbelievers(disobedient to Allah). (al-Baqarah: 30-34)
So Adam was the most advanced physically and intellectually of all humans.
You should know, sister, that between Adam and Nuh (Peace Be Upon Them Both), there were about 10 "Qarn" (Some scholars say the word Qarn means century, while others say it means generations). In between these two there was another Prophet before Nuh whose name was Idrees. Al-Qurtubi stated that the first one to write was Idris:
So we see that people were advanced even in the beginning.
We can accept that throughout history there were people who became primitive:
Allah said in the Quran about Dhul-Qarnain:
So there were at times people who were very primitive but that's not how it started.
So, sister, the whole evolution myth is a lie. We did not evolve as human beings. In fact, it can be argued that we devolved. Humans have always existed as the sons and daughters of Adam and Hawwa. Some became primitive by engaging in Shirk and sins and others (a few) kept their nobility and dignity by sticking to Tawheed and the way of the first people whose religion was Islam.
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