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• Evolutionary Biology
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  Evolution of the eye

  The evolution of the eye has been a subject of significant study, as a distinctive example of a homologous organ present in a wide variety of species. The development of the eye is considered by most ... > more
• Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Dinosaurs
  Early Humans
   
  

  Evolution of the horse

  The evolution in the structure of their teeth, odd-toed limbs, obvious mobility of the upper lip, and other aspects, joins the horse to the evolutionary line of odd-toed, hoofed mammals: the ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
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  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
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Nature
  Human Evolution
  Biology
   
  

  Convergent evolution

  In evolutionary biology, convergent evolution is the process whereby organisms not closely related (not monophyletic), independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar ... > more
• Apes
  Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  New Species
  Mammals
   
  

  Hominidae

  The hominids are the members of the biological family Hominidae (the great apes), which includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. The exact criteria for membership in the Homininae are ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Evolution
  Early Humans
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Origin of Life
   

  The Genographic Project

  The Genographic Project, launched in April 2005, is a five-year genetic anthropology study that aims to map historical human migration patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples from over ... > more
• Fossils
  Paleontology
  Evolution
  Early Mammals
  Dinosaurs
  Charles Darwin
   
  

  Fossil

  Fossils are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils and their placement in fossiliferous ... > more
• Extinction
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
  Nature
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  Extinction

  In biology and ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Cultures
   
  

  Recent single-origin hypothesis

  The single-origin hypothesis (or Out-of-Africa model) is one of two accounts of the origin of anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens. Because of the scarcity of fossils and the discovery 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

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