The origin of modern Homo sapiens is not yet resolved. Two extreme scenarios have been proposed. According to the first, the distribution of anatomical traits in modern human populations in different regions was inherited from local populations of Homo erectus and intermediate "archaic" forms.
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Homo sapiens; (100 tya to present) ... Homo erectus was likely the first hominid to use fire. Clear evidence of the controlled use of fire, however, is very difficult to confirm in archaeological digs, so the practice's origin among hominids may never be known.
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Human evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Human evolution , or anthropogenesis , is the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominins, great apes and placental mammals. The study of human evolution en...
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Homo sapiens | return to species list ... In this view there is a specific speciation event that occurred which led to the origin of H. sapiens in Africa, and this population is the forerunner of modern humans, leaving the European Neanderthals, Chinese erectus, and others out in the cold.
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Nature 183, 1369 - 1370 (16 May 1959); doi:10.1038/1831369a ... "The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution" (Chicago, 1955). ... Thursday 22 October 2009...
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Such a view suggests that the first Homo sapiens held such dramatic evolutionary advantages -- perhaps stronger powers of reasoning -- that they replaced other early humans with virtually no interbreeding. ... They said their findings strongly favor the "out-of-Africa" theory of modern human origin. Advocates of the...
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Accelerated evolution of nervous system genes in the origin of Homo sapiens. Export ... origin-of-life ... homo-floresiensis...
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1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 2 Committee on Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 3 Department of ... Correspondence: Bruce T. Lahn, ... Human evolution is characterized by a dramatic increase in brain size and complexity.
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Human - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Humans are bipedal primates belonging to the species Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man" or "knowing man") in Hominidae, the great ape family. Humans have a highly developed brain, capable of abstr...
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