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  2. Appendix (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The human appendix averages 9 cm (3.5 in) in length, ranging from 5 to 35 cm (2.0 to 13.8 in). The diameter of the appendix is 6 mm (0.24 in), and more than 6 mm (0.24 in) is considered a thickened or inflamed appendix. The longest appendix ever removed was 26 cm (10 in) long. [3]

  3. Human vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    Ileum, caecum and colon of rabbit, showing Appendix vermiformis on fully functional caecum The human vermiform appendix on the vestigial caecum. The appendix was once believed to be a vestige of a redundant organ that in ancestral species had digestive functions, much as it still does in extant species in which intestinal flora hydrolyze cellulose and similar indigestible plant materials. [10]

  4. The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man

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    First, it argues that humanity’s separation from nature is not inherent to the human condition, but rather that humanity is a part of nature; furthermore, human agency in physically reorganizing nature is part of a long historical process, whereby the physical material of nature is incorporated into human systems of value through labour ...

  5. Ape to Man - Wikipedia

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    In 1996 the investigation went high tech. Matthias Krings from Munich university managed to extract 40,000 year old DNA from the Neanderthal bone. [4] DNA tests on modern humans reveal only 8 differences occur in any range of samples, in the Neanderthal DNA there were 30 differences, proving they were of an entirely different species. [3]

  6. Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Aquatic ape hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The aquatic ape hypothesis (AAH), also referred to as aquatic ape theory (AAT) or the waterside hypothesis of human evolution, postulates that the ancestors of modern humans took a divergent evolutionary pathway from the other great apes by becoming adapted to a more aquatic habitat. [1]

  8. If Humans Die Out, Octopuses Already Have the Chops to ... - AOL

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    Humans’ impact on biodiversity—via both habitat loss and the effects of man-made climate change—has caused irreversible damage to wildlife, argues a 2023 paper published in the journal PNAS.

  9. Early human migrations - Wikipedia

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    Overview map of the peopling of the world by early humans during the Upper Paleolithic, following the Southern Dispersal paradigm. The so-called "recent dispersal" of modern humans took place about 70–50,000 years ago. [60] [61] [62] It is this migration wave that led to the lasting spread of modern humans throughout the world.