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1 day ago · Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes. [ 1 ] .
4 days ago · All human cultures have developed their own explanations for the origin of the world and of human beings and other creatures. Traditional Judaism and Christianity explain the origin of living beings and their adaptations to their environments —wings, gills, hands, flowers—as the handiwork of an omniscient God. The philosophers of ancient ...
- Francisco Jose Ayala
16 hours ago · Human history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had populated most of the Earth by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.
4 days ago · evolution, theory in biology postulating that the various types of plants, animals, and other living things on Earth have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations.
- Francisco Jose Ayala
4 days ago · Early modern human (EMH), or anatomically modern human (AMH), [1] are terms used to distinguish Homo sapiens (the only extant Hominina species) that are anatomically consistent with the range of phenotypes seen in contemporary humans, from extinct archaic human species.
4 days ago · Biological evolution is the process of change and diversification of living things over time, and it affects all aspects of their lives— morphology (form and structure), physiology, behaviour, and ecology. Underlying these changes are changes in the hereditary materials.
4 days ago · Evolution, as related to genomics, refers to the process by which living organisms change over time through changes in the genome. Such evolutionary changes result from mutations that produce genomic variation, giving rise to individuals whose biological functions or physical traits are altered.
