Evolution of the Species: Truth or Hoax?
May 19, 2012
11:40 am


The Evolution of Man as a Species is it really true?



Evolution
- 08.21.2008 - Article Number: 2

Human evolution, or anthropogenesis, is the part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominans, great apes and placental mammals. It is the subject of a broad scientific inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how this change occurred. The study of human evolution encompasses many scientific disciplines, most notably physical anthropology, linguistics and genetics.

The term "human", in the context of human evolution, refers to the genus Homo, but studies of human evolution usually include other hominins, such as the australopithecines. The Homo genus diverged from the australopithecines about 2 million years ago in Africa. Several typological species of Homo, now extinct, evolved. These include Homo erectus, which inhabited Asia, and Homo neanderthalensis, which inhabited Europe.

Archaic Homo sapiens evolved between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago. Many scientists favor the view that H. sapiens evolved in Africa and spread across the globe, replacing populations of H. erectus and H. neanderthalensis. Others view modern humans as having evolved as a single, widespread population from existing Homo species, particularly H. erectus. The fossil evidence so far is insufficient to resolve this vigorous debate.

Starting with H. habilis, humans began using stone tools of increasing sophistication. About 50,000 years ago, human technology and culture began to change more rapidly.




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Evolution of the Species: Truth or Hoax?

The Evolution of Man as a Species is it really true?

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