Human evolution | History, Stages, Timeline, Tree, Chart, & Facts
WEBSep 12, 2024 · 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 | Smithsonian
WEBFeb 2, 2021 · The long evolutionary journey that created modern humans began with a single step—or more accurately—with the ability to walk on two legs. One of our earliest-known ancestors, Sahelanthropus...
Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia
WEBThe timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the evolutionary lineage of the modern human species, Homo sapiens, throughout the history of life, beginning some 4 billion years ago down to recent evolution within H. …
The Human Family’s Earliest Ancestors - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBThe quest for fossils of human ancestors began in earnest after Charles Darwin proposed in 1871, in his book The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, that humans probably arose in...
Human evolution - Wikipedia
WEBThe earliest fossils argued by some to belong to the human lineage are Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7 Ma) and Orrorin tugenensis (6 Ma), followed by Ardipithecus (5.5–4.4 Ma), with species Ar. kadabba and Ar. ramidus.
Human Family Tree - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
WEBThe SVG graphics allow the Human Family Tree interactive to be responsive. SVG graphics are overlaid the image and provied scalable interaction with the background image.
Human Ancestors | Britannica
WEBArdipithecus is the earliest known genus of the human lineage and the likely ancestor of Australopithecus, a group closely related to and often considered ancestral to modern human beings. Ardipithecus lived between 5.8 million and 4.4 million years ago.
Introduction to Human Evolution | The Smithsonian Institution's Human …
WEBJul 9, 2024 · Humans and the great apes (large apes) of Africa -- chimpanzees (including bonobos, or so-called “pygmy chimpanzees”) and gorillas -- share a common ancestor that lived between 8 and 6 million years ago. Humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent.
Human Evolution: A Timeline of Early Hominids [Infographic]
WEBSince about 4 million years ago, humans have evolved from early hominids to modern humans. Here are 14 species examples from human evolution now extinct.
Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago - Nature
WEBAug 31, 2023 · An unknown species of early human nearly died out around 900,000 years ago, according to genetic analysis. It might have been both the ancestor of Homo heidelbergensis and a species ancestral...