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Human evolution

Homo sapiens is a distinct species of the hominid family of primates, which includes all the great apes. Over their evolutionary history, humans gradually developed traits such as bipedalism, dexterity, and complex language. Modern humans interbred with archaic humans, indicating that their evolution was not linear but weblike. The study of the origins…

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Before Homo

Evolution of genus Homo

Anatomical changes

Use of tools

Transition to behavioral modernity

Recent and ongoing human evolution

History of study

Evidence

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Human evolution

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Human evolution

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related to External links · 67
Human evolution → Allison Hopper, April, ArchaeologyInfo, Archived, Arizona State University's Institute, August, BBC Radio, BBC Science, Becoming Human, Bones, Chapter, CNRS, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Evolution, Evolution Figures, Evolutionary Timeline, February, First Peoples, Fred Spoor, Genes
related to Inter-species breeding · 22
Human evolution → African, Also, Asian, Asians, Comparisons, Denisovan, Denisovans, DNA, European, Europeans, For, Harvard Medical School/UCLA, In, It, Melanesian, Middle Paleolithic, Neanderthal, Neanderthals, Oceanians, The
related to Darwin · 21
Human evolution → Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin's On, Charles Lyell, Darwin, Darwin's, Evidence, Huxley, Light, Man, Man's Place, Many, Nature, Origin, Relation, Richard Owen, Selection, Sex, Species, The, The Descent
related to H. heidelbergensis · 14
Human evolution → Africa, Afro-European, An, European, Germany, Heidelberg Man, Homo, In, It, Mauer, Neandertals, Otto Schoetensack, The, With
related to Divergence of the human clade from other great apes · 13
Human evolution → Ar, Ardipithecus, Human DNA, Kenya, Ma, Molecular, Nakalipithecus, Orrorin, Other, Pan, Sahelanthropus, Species, The
related to The genetic revolution · 13
Human evolution → African, Allan Wilson, By, ID, In, Lucy, Ramapithecus, Sarich, Science, Subsequent, The, Vincent Sarich, Wilson
related to Recent and ongoing human evolution · 9
Human evolution → Afro-textured, Although, Anatomically, EPAS1, It, Particularly, Some, Studies, Tibetans
related to Use of tools · 7
Human evolution → Increased, Ma, Paleontology, Precisely, Researchers, The, There
related to Anatomical changes · 5
Human evolution → Environmental, Other, Pleistocene, Since Homo, The
related to Evidence · 2
Human evolution → DNA, The

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bipedalisminstance ofhumans gradually developed traits0.80text
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and complex languageinstance ofhumans gradually developed traits0.80text
Altiatlasius are known to have lived on the African continent much earlier than Dryopithecus.The surviving tropical population of primatesinstance ofearlier potential ancestors of primates0.80text
archaic Homo sapiensinstance ofthough other designations0.80text
Homo sapiens rhodesiensis have been proposedinstance ofthough other designations0.80text
specialization of toolsinstance ofTransition to behavioral modernityAnthropologists describe modern human behavior to include cultural and behavioral traits0.80text
use of jewelleryinstance ofTransition to behavioral modernityAnthropologists describe modern human behavior to include cultural and behavioral traits0.80text
imagesinstance ofTransition to behavioral modernityAnthropologists describe modern human behavior to include cultural and behavioral traits0.80text
fish hooksinstance ofartifacts0.80text
buttonsinstance ofartifacts0.80text
and bone needles show signs of cultural variationinstance ofartifacts0.80text

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