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Human evolution

"Anthropogeny" redirects here. For the study of humans, see Anthropology.

Evolutionary process leading to anatomically modern humans

Homo sapiens is a distinct species of the hominid family of primates, which also includes all the great apes.[1] Over their evolutionary history, humans gradually developed traits such as bipedalism, dexterity, and complex language,[2] as well as interbreeding with other hominins (a tribe of the African hominid subfamily),[3] indicating that human evolution was not linear but weblike.[4][5][6][7] The study of the origins of humans involves several scientific disciplines, including physical and evolutionary anthropology, paleontology, and genetics; the field is also known by the terms anthropogeny, anthropogenesis, and anthropogony[8][9]—with the latter two sometimes used to refer to the related subject of hominization.

Primates diverged from other mammals about 85 million years ago (mya), in the Late Cretaceous period, with

Very early humans probably ate mostly plants, fruit, nuts and roots that they found.  Any meat they got was by scavenging after other animals. Early humans did not have strong claws to help them him fight. They could not outrun saber-toothed tigers or cave lions. Early humans had to get smart to survive. They had to use reason and invention. See the menu below to find just what you need, and, before you leave, be sure to stop by the game place.

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Roughly 300,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans emerged in Africa and gradually displaced the other remaining members of the genus Homo. Guide your students through a timeline of early humans and shine a light on the most mysterious epoch in our history, an era that holds the keys to understanding human nature.

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How Our Ancestors Evolved
Our complex, large-brained, culturally rich species evolved from a single-celled organism and the road to that transformation has some twists and turns. How did Homo sapiens come to be?
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Ways of Knowing: Early Humans
What we know about early humans comes to us from scholars across just about every discipline. Archaeologists, anthropologists, chemists, computer scientists—all have contributed to the body of knowledge about our distant relatives.
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How Did the First Humans Live?
Early humans had one job— survival. Collective learning increased their chances of survival, but

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