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Human Evolution
Human Evolution
Based on Research Accounts made from Geological and Archeological Websites and Science study
platforms.
DEFINITION
Human Evolution, the process by which human beings developed from now-extinct primates. In a
zoological perspective, we humans are referred to as homo sapiens, this is a culture characterized by
upright-walking species, that live on the ground and very likely must have first evolved with in the
Africa, about 315,000 years ago.
FINDINGS
Millions of years before industry, agriculture, and civilization, the world would be ready to witness
one creature’s unprecedented rise, the human. The story of humanities evolution begun about 7
million years ago, when the human lineage broke away from that of the chimpanzees. Overtime an
unsampled cast of over 20 early human species or Hominins came to the floor. Most became extinct
while others might have been ancestors to today’s humans. Each species exhibited varying degrees
of human like physical behavioral traits, such as large brains, small teeth, bipedality and tool use.
Early Hominins,
Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Orrorin Tugenensis
Ardipithecus Kadabba
Ardipithecus Ramidus
Australopithecines
Paranthropus Boisei
Paranthropus Aethiopicus
Paranthropus Robustus
Australopithecus Garhi
Australopithecus Africanus
Australopithecus Sediba
Australopithecus Afarensis
Australopithecus Anamensis
Homo
Homo Denisova
Homo Neanderthalensis
Homo Floresiensis
Homo Heidelbergensis
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
Homo Rudolfensis
Homo Naledi
Homo Sapiens
The first phase of hominin evolution involved primates called Early Hominins.
Humanities earliest relatives lived somewhere between 7 to 4.4 million years ago in Africa.
Sahelanthropus Tchadensis
Orrorin Tugenensis
Ardipithecus Kadabba
Ardipithecus Ramidus
Having shared most recent common ancestor with chimpanzees, they shared ape-like traits. Such as;
Small Cranial Capacity.
However, some apes were also exhibiting Human-like traits such as; Small canines used more for
eating and not for hunting or fighting.
The next phase of hominin evolution involved primates called Australopithecines. These lived
between 4.4 – 1.4 million years ago in Africa as well.
Australopithecus Anamensis
Australopithecus Afarensis
Australopithecus Africanus
Australopithecus Garhi
Paranthropus Boisei
Paranthropus Aethiopicus
Paranthropus Robustus
Like there ancient brethren, Australopithecines had some ape like traits. However, changes I the
skull, spine and legs indicate a notable shift toward a very human-like trait, consistent bipedal
locomotion.
The third and current phase of human revolution involved members of the genus Homo. These have
lived since 2 million years ago, making them a contemporary of Australopithecines.
Homo Neanderthalensis
Homo Floresiensis
Homo Heidelbergensis
Homo Habilis
Homo Erectus
Homo Rudolfensis
Homo Naledi
Homo Sapiens
But unlike earlier hominins who exhibited a mosaic of ape and human like traits. Homo species were
distinctly becoming more human. There cranial capacity was growing larger than any other
hominins.
They developed sophisticated stone tool technology, and they became the first to control fire. These
physical and behavioral adaptations along with advancements in technology allowed some homo
species to be the first to migrate out of Africa and explore the rest of the world. While a cast of over
20 hominin species have left this earth, only one remains, Homo Sapiens.
These have been shaped by over a million years of revolution. Embarked on a journey of exploration.
And Industry its ancestors could have only dreamed.
Based on multiple Archeological accounts, there’s been an unarguable belief that from the asteroids
that happened to destroy the dinosaur era/race to extinction came with a serious evolution of the
first human forms, from the various species of creatures that happened to exist after that timeline.
On the other hand, I believe the first of our kinds must have had the most similarity to ours, we
would refer to features like the endo skeleton, body tissues, the structural design of the skulls,
sculps, teeth and even features such the pelvic bones and locomotion.
To back my argument, I sourced out part not all, of the different hominins that peopled the Earth,
starting from the remote past and moving to the present.
Australopithecus Anamensis
Australopithicus afarensis
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
The specimen of Homo erectus dated about 1.5m years ago, the
fossil of Nariokotome boy was found. It appeared to have been 9
to 11 years of age by the time it passed. He was already 1.6m tall
and might have reached 1.9m if he had reached adulthood. Homo
erectus was known as to be highly active, a hunter on the
savannah that needed to lose heat with maximum efficiency.
Homo Heidelbergensis
Homo Neanderthalensis
Homo Floresiensis
REFERENCES
https://explorebiotech.com/human-evolution-timeline-evolved/
https://www.britannica.com/science/human-evolution/The-fossil-evidence