Has the instrument evolved from an earlier instrument?

Yes--it originally evolved the rebab, a two-stringed instrument from the Middle East/north Africa. When it came to Europe, it evolved into the rebec, which was similar, and then it became the "lira...

From the simple drums, to fuly strung instruments, to instruments played by blowing into them with only 3 keys, they have elvolved to show us that people can make instruments of different pitches,...

The viola family.

The piano evolved ffrom the harpsichord, an instrument in which the strings were plucked, rather than hit with hammers (like the piano).

Yes, the ukulele was based on the braguinha, the machete, the cavaquinho and the rajãoan, instruments from the Portuguese islands of Madeira.