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Bookmark or Share- Homo sapiens | Meaning, Characteristics, & Evolution | BritannicaHomo sapiens, the species to which all modern human beings belong and the only member of the genus Homo that is not extinct. The name ‘Homo sapiens’ was applied in 1758 by the father of modern biological classification, Carolus Linnaeus.
- Human evolution | History, Stages, Timeline, Tree, Chart, & Facts ...human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. Viewed zoologically, we humans are Homo sapiens, a culture -bearing upright-walking species that lives on the ground and very likely first evolved in Africa about 315,000 years ago.
- An Evolutionary Timeline of Homo Sapiens | SmithsonianThe long evolutionary journey that created modern humans began with a single step—or more accurately—with the ability to walk on two legs.
- Homo sapiens - The Smithsonian's Human Origins ProgramModern humans evolved a unique combination of physical and behavioral characteristics, many of which other early human species also possessed, though not to the same degree. The complex brains of modern humans enabled them to interact with each other and with their surroundings in new and different ways.
- Homo sapiens – modern humans - The Australian MuseumEarly modern humans were adapted to life in the tropics but by 40,000 years ago they occupied a range of environments across the continents of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Within the last 20,000 years humans have also spread into the Americas.
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