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Homo

Homo (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus (subtribe Hominina), encompassing a single extant species, Homo sapiens (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (e.g. Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern…

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Homo

Nodes105
Edges104
Triples107
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019048
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related to Homo habilis · 17
Homo → Africa, African, Already, Asia, Asian, Australopithecus, China, Dmanisi, Eurasia, Europe, Furthermore, In, Indonesia, Instead, Mya, The, With
related to External links · 16
Homo → Advanced Study, August, Center, Exploring, George Washington University, Hominid, Hominid Fossil Record, Hominid FossilsMikko's Phylogeny, Hominid Paleobiology, Human Timeline, Interactive, Life, National Museum, Natural History, Smithsonian, The Encyclopedia
related to Homo erectus · 16
Homo → Africa, As, August, Based, Calabrian, Caucasus, Eurasia, For, Kenneth, Kenya, Koobi Fora Formation, Lake Turkana, Neolithic, On, This, Weiss
related to Australopithecus and the appearance of Homo · 15
Homo → Afar, Australopithecus, But, Especially, Ethiopia, LD, Lower Palaeolithic, Mya, Oldowan, Others, Several, Some, These, This, Traditionally
related to Phylogeny · 12
Homo → Approximate, Australopithecus, Boyle, Cladogram, Dembo, Kenyanthropus, Mya, Orrorin, Paranthropus, Sahelanthropus, The, Wood
related to Dispersal · 10
Homo → Africa, By, East Africa, Eurasia, Europe, Indonesian, Mya, Recent African, The, Western Asia
related to List of lineages · 9
Homo → As, Australipith, Consistent, Denisova, Indeed, It, Mya, The, There
related to Names and taxonomy · 7
Homo → Because, Carl Linnaeus, Names, Neanderthal, Since, The, The Latin
is a · 1
Homo → increase in endocranial volume

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erectus years species ago habilis sapiens genus australopithecus human 000 africa million humans neanderthalensis modern around early eurasia archaic mya

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Homois aincrease in endocranial volume0.90text
Australopithecusinstance ofnot including the earlier upright walking hominins of the Pliocene0.80text
Orrorin tugenensisinstance ofnot including the earlier upright walking hominins of the Pliocene0.80text
Ardipithecusinstance ofnot including the earlier upright walking hominins of the Pliocene0.80text
or Sahelanthropusinstance ofnot including the earlier upright walking hominins of the Pliocene0.80text
Homorelated to Australopithecus and the appearance of HomoSeveral0.60section
Homorelated to Australopithecus and the appearance of HomoAustralopithecus0.60section
Homorelated to Australopithecus and the appearance of HomoThese0.60section
Homorelated to Australopithecus and the appearance of HomoEspecially0.60section
Homorelated to Australopithecus and the appearance of HomoTraditionally0.60section
Homorelated to Australopithecus and the appearance of HomoOldowan0.60section
Homorelated to Australopithecus and the appearance of HomoLower Palaeolithic0.60section

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