Origin of Life Articles

• 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
• 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
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Timeline of evolution

  This timeline of the evolution of life outlines the major events in the development of life on the planet Earth. Dates given are estimates based on scientific evidence. In biology, evolution is the ... > more
• Microbes and More
  Microbiology
  Fungus
  Developmental Biology
  Soil Types
  Organic
   

  Microorganism

  A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is so small that it is microscopic (invisible to the naked eye). Microorganisms are often illustrated using single-celled, or unicellular organisms; ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Nature
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
   
  

  Parallel evolution

  Parallel evolution is the independent evolution of similar traits, starting from a similar ancestral condition. Frequently this is the situation in more closely related lineages, where several ... > more
• 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
• Geology
  Fossils
  Earth Science
  Origin of Life
  Early Climate
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Precambrian

  The Precambrian is an informal name for the eons of the geologic timescale that came before the current Phanerozoic eon. It spans from the formation of Earth around 4500 Ma (million years ago) to the ... > more
• Early Birds
  Birds
  New Species
  Fossils
  Dinosaurs
  Nature
   
  

  Archaeopteryx

  Archaeopteryx lithographica is the earliest and most primitive known bird. In the 1990s, the discovery of a number of well-preserved feathered dinosaurs solidified the link between dinosaurs and ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Origin of Life
  Nature
  Biology
   
  

  Evolution

  In biology, evolution is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation. These traits are the expression of genes that are copied and passed on to offspring during ... > more
• Global Warming
  Early Climate
  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

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