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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.
Jun 8, 2024 · Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. The only extant members of the human tribe, Hominini, belong to the species Homo sapiens. The exact nature of the evolutionary relationships between modern humans and their ancestors remains the subject of debate.
Aug 9, 2022 · While modern civilizations extend to every continent except Antarctica, most scholars place the earliest cradles of civilizations—in other words, where civilizations first emerged—in modern-day...
Human History Timeline. Combined Timeline. 200,000 B.C. Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, appear in Africa. 62,000 B.C. Bow and arrows with stone points (arrowheads) are used. 30,000 B.C. Cro-Magnon man is flourishing, moving from the Near East into Europe, lives by hunting and gathering.
Feb 2, 2021 · 550,000 to 750,000 Years Ago: The Beginning of the Homo sapiens Lineage. A facial reconstruction of Homo heidelbergensis, a popular candidate as a common ancestor for modern humans, Neanderthals...
Mar 5, 2020 · Origins of Man. The First Humans. First things first: A “human” is anyone who belongs to the genus Homo (Latin for “man”). Scientists still don’t know exactly when or how the first humans...
Nov 10, 2023 · Civilization patterns in human history. The origin of civilization has commonalities. According to the circumscription theory (Carneiro, 1970) and hydraulic hypothesis (Eberhard, 1958 ), we...
