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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
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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.
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Neandertal interaction with Cro-Magnons
Neanderthals apparently
co-existed with anatomically
modern humans beginning some
100,000 years ago. However,
about 45,000 years ago, at
about the time that
stoneworking techniques
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Homo rudolfensis
Homo rudolfensis is a fossil
hominin species originally
proposed in 1986 by V. P.
Alexeev for the specimen
Skull 1470 (KNM ER 1470).
Originally thought to be a
member of the species Homo
habilis, the fossil was the
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Homo ergaster
Homo ergaster ("working man") is an extinct hominid species (or subspecies, according to some authorities) which lived throughout eastern and southern Africa between 1.9 to 1.4 million years ago with ... > more -
Homo habilis
Homo habilis ("handy man", "skillful person") is a species of the genus Homo, which lived from approximately 2.5 million to 1.8 million years ago at the beginning of the Pleistocene. The definition ... > more -
Homo erectus
Homo erectus ("upright man") is a hominin species that is believed to be an ancestor of modern humans (with Homo heidelbergensis usually treated as an intermediary step). The species is found from ... > more -
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo heidelbergensis ("Heidelberg Man") is an extinct, potentially distinct species of the genus Homo and may be the direct ancestor of Homo neanderthalensis in Europe. According to the "Recent Out ... > more -
Homo antecessor
Homo antecessor is an extinct hominin species that was discovered by E. Carbonell, J.L. Arsuaga and J.M. Bermudez de Castro. They are one of the earliest known hominins in Europe, with those from the ... > more -
Multiregional hypothesis
The multiregional origin hypothesis of human species holds that some, or all, of the genetic variation between the contemporary human races is attributable to genetic inheritance from either Homo ... > more -
Peking Man
Peking Man (sometimes now called Beijing Man), also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. The remains were first discovered in 1923-27 ... > more -
Hominid intelligence
The nature and origins of hominid intelligence is a much-studied and much-debated topic, of natural interest to humans as the most successful and intelligent hominid species. There is no universally ... > more -
Timeline of human evolution
The timeline of human evolution outlines the major events in the development of humans species and the evolution of human's ancestors. It begins with the time of the origin of life and presents a ... > more
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