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1 day ago · Human history is the development of humankind from prehistory to the present, understood through the study of written records, archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and other forms of evidence. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers.
2 days ago · Molecular evidence suggests that between 8 and 4 million years ago, first the gorillas, and then the chimpanzees (genus Pan) split off from the line leading to the humans. Human DNA is approximately 98.4% identical to that of chimpanzees when comparing single nucleotide polymorphisms (see human evolutionary genetics ).
Jun 22, 2024 · The emergence of Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, is estimated to have taken place between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago. These early humans possessed a capacity for language, which is believed to have developed around 50,000 years ago. Furthermore, anatomically modern humans emerged in Africa approximately 300,000 years ago.
5 days ago · The earliest fossil evidence of early modern humans appears in Africa around 300,000 years ago, with the earliest genetic splits among modern people, according to some evidence, dating to around the same time.
Jun 19, 2024 · Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut who on April 12, 1961, became the first man to travel into space. His Vostok 1 spacecraft orbited Earth once in 1 hour 29 minutes at a maximum altitude of 187 miles, bringing Gagarin immediate worldwide fame.
Jun 30, 2024 · The first answer is to assume the first “person” was the first member of our species, Homo sapiens. This person would have been just like you and me, but without an iPhone! The oldest skeleton discovered of our species Homo sapiens (so far) is from Morocco and is about 300,000 years old.
Jul 1, 2024 · Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight during which commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin, Jr., on July 20, 1969, became the first people to land on the Moon and walk the lunar surface.
