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• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Evolution
  Origin of Life
   
  

  Homo (genus)

  Homo is the genus that includes modern humans and their close relatives. The genus is estimated to be between 1.5 and 2.5 million years old. All species except Homo sapiens are extinct. Homo ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Biochemistry Research
  Nature
  Biology
   
  

  Natural selection

  Natural selection is the phrase Charles Darwin used in 1859 for the process he proposed to explain the origin of species and their apparent adaptation to their environment. Along with the rules of ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Cultures
   
  

  Human evolution

  Human evolution is the part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of humans as a distinct species. It is the subject of a broad scientific inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how ... > more
• Evolution
  Psychology
  Charles Darwin
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Child Psychology
   
  

  Evolutionary psychology

  Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, ... > more
• Birds
  Early Birds
  Bird Flu Research
  Zoology
  New Species
  Animals
   
  

  Bird

  Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, oviparous vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. Birds range in size from the tiny hummingbirds to the huge ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Early Climate
  Ice Ages
  Fossils
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Geologic temperature record

  This article is devoted to temperature changes in Earth's environment as determined from geologic evidence on multi-million to billion (109) year time scales. The last 3 million years have been ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Cultures
  Charles Darwin
   
  

  Rhodesian Man

  Rhodesian Man (Homo rhodesiensis) is a hominin fossil that was described from a cranium found in an iron and zinc mine in Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) in 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner. ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
  Origin of Life
   
  

  Maya civilization

  The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its spectacular art, monumental architecture, ... > more
• Rodents
  Animals
  Mammals
  Early Mammals
  Mice
  Evolution
   
  

  Rodent

  Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. Forty-percent of mammal ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Fossils
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Cultures
   
  

  Mummy

  A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold or dryness, or airlessness. The best-known mummies are those ... > more

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