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Human evolution
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- 1Human EvolutionHuman evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors.
- 2MammalsA warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, females that secrete milk for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.
- 3PrimatesAny of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain.
- 4HominidaeThe Hominidae whose members are known as great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes seven extant species in four genera: Pongo, the Bornean and Sumatran orangutan; Gorilla, the eastern and western gorilla; Pan, the common chimpanzee.
- 5Charles DarwinA British naturalist of the nineteenth century. He and others developed the theory of evolution. This theory forms the basis for the modern life sciences. Darwin's most famous books are The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man.
- 6Dud genesGenes that humans inherit that don't function.
- 7ClassificationThe action or process of classifying something.
- 8ApesA large primate that lacks a tail, including the gorilla, chimpanzees, orangutan, and gibbons.
- 9Homo SapiensThe primate species to which modern humans belong; humans regarded as a species.
- 10SpeciesA group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus.
- 11GenusA principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family.
- 12FossilsThe remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.
- 13SpecimenAn individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc. used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.
- 14AustralopithecinesA fossil bipedal primate with both apelike and human characteristics, found in Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene deposits.
- 15Homo habilisAn extinct hominid of the genus Homo (H. habilis) that is known from sub-Saharan fossil remains associated with crude stone tools, is estimated to have flourished 1.6 to 2 million years ago.
- 16Homo georgicusHomo georgicus is a species of Homo the fossils are about 1.8 million years old. The remains were first discovered in 1991. Implements and animal bones were found alongside the ancient human remains.
- 17Homo ergasterHomo ergaster (meaning "working man") or African Homo erectus is an extinct chronospecies of the genus Homo that lived in eastern and southern Africa during the early Pleistocene, that is, between 1.9 million and 1.4 million years ago.
- 18Homo heidelbergensisHomo heidelbergensis – also Homo rhodesiensis – is an extinct species of the genus Homo that lived in Africa, Europe and western Asia between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago.
- 19NeanderthalsAn extinct species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age Europe between 120,000 and 35,000 years ago, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. The Neanderthals were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Palaeolithic.
- 20Mitochondrial DNAMitochondrial DNA is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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