Human evolution | History, Stages, Timeline, Tree, Chart, & Facts ...
2025年1月7日 · Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. The only extant members of the human tribe, Hominini, belong to the species Homo sapiens. The exact nature of the evolutionary relationships between modern humans and their ancestors remains the subject of debate.
Human evolution - Wikipedia
The earliest known catarrhine is Kamoyapithecus from the uppermost Oligocene at Eragaleit in the northern Great Rift Valley in Kenya, dated to 24 million years ago. [25] Its ancestry is thought to be species related to Aegyptopithecus, Propliopithecus, and Parapithecus from the Faiyum, at around 35 mya. [26]
Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia
The 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. sapiens during and since the Last Glacial Period.
Species - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
While the exact number of early human species is debated, on this page are links to summaries of the early human species accepted by most scientists. Click on any species to learn more about it. At the bottom of this page is a chart showing the time span during which fossils of each species have been found.
An Evolutionary Timeline of Homo Sapiens - Smithsonian Magazine
2021年2月2日 · While most early human finds spark some scholarly debate, few reach the level of the Apidima skull fragment, in southern Greece, which may be more than 200,000 years old and might possibly ...
The 7 Homo Species Close to Present Humans That Existed on …
2024年3月14日 · The only human species left is Homo sapiens. The idea of humans being linked to the apes came after the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859. He was the first to point out that every species has emerged from an earlier one. Later, two scientists, Thomas Huxley and Richard Owen, supported him.
How many early human species existed on Earth? - Live Science
2021年1月24日 · We Homo sapiens didn't used to be alone. Long ago, there was a lot more human diversity; Homo sapiens lived alongside an estimated eight now-extinct species of human about 300,000 years ago.
Modern humans, Homo sapiens: When, where and how did we …
6 天之前 · While the term human can be used by different scientists to mean different things, it’s often used to refer to members of the genus Homo, which includes our species and our closest relatives. Finding more early Homo sapiens fossils will help scientists to better understand how our species evolved and when the first human lived.
Human Evolution: A Timeline of Early Hominids [Infographic]
Since about 4 million years ago, humans have evolved from early hominids to modern humans. Here are 14 species examples from human evolution now extinct.
Introduction to Human Evolution - The Smithsonian's Human …
2024年7月9日 · Many early human species -- certainly the majority of them – left no living descendants. Scientists also debate over how to identify and classify particular species of early humans, and about what factors influenced the evolution and extinction of each species.