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Human Origins: The Emergence and Evolution of the Human Species

Human Origins: The Emergence and Evolution of the Human Species

Hardcover

Biology

ISBN13: 9798894790435
Publisher: Reading Glass Books
Published: Sep 4 2024
Pages: 206
Weight: 2.11
Height: 0.69 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

Synopsis: Our common ancestry with the great apes comes from the fossil records. Our hominid heritage on the tree of life started on the continent of Africa.

Modern humans and the other great apes also share a number of anatomical and molecular similarities between them. This past can be traced in large part through the fossil record, which shows that our hominid forebears first appeared on the African continent nearly 18 million years ago. These first African apes and our apelike ancestors in human lineage (known collectively as hominids) eventually gave rise to the Africans, Asians, and Europeans of today. The Afropterocus group (as some scientists call the last common ancestor of African apes and humans) was part of an African fauna that also included the European ancestors we mentioned earlier, plus ancestors of modern-day American apes. The apes that migrated at or around that time ended up in Southeast Asia, which evolved into gibbons and orangutans. And the ones that stayed on in Africa evolved into gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.

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