4 days ago · 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 …

The authors argue that many of the basic human adaptations evolved in the ancient forest and woodland ecosystems of late Miocene and early Pliocene Africa. Consequently, they argue …

Our species, Homo sapiens, is the only human alive today. Discover the ancestors of Homo sapiens, the traits that define us and where humans come from.

Apr 5, 2025 · The story of human evolution takes a fascinating turn with the emergence of Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong. Homo sapiens evolved in Africa …

Mar 5, 2020 · The first humans emerged in Africa around two million years ago, long before the modern humans known as Homo sapiens appeared on the same continent.

Innovators of their time, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, used science to explain where humans came from, posing the theory of evolution. Then, paleoanthropologists Mary …

Oct 18, 2024 · Humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent. The fossils of early humans who lived between 6 and 2 million years ago come …

The exact origin of modern humans, Homo sapiens, has long been a topic of debate. Modern humans originated in Africa within the past 200,000 years and evolved from the now extinct …

Dec 11, 2025 · In all observable features of foot shape and walking pattern, they are astonishingly similar to those of habitually barefoot people who live in the tropics today.

Aug 5, 2025 · We come from Africa, from the soil of savannas and the roots of ancient trees. We come from upright walkers, from fire keepers, from toolmakers and storytellers.