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  2. Early human migrations - Wikipedia

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    Early modern human expansion in sub-Saharan Africa appears to have contributed to the end of late Acheulean industries at about 130,000 years ago, although very late coexistence of archaic and early modern humans, until as late as 12,000 years ago, has been argued for West Africa in particular.

  3. Control of fire by early humans - Wikipedia

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    The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from predators (especially at night), a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food. These cultural advances allowed human geographic dispersal, cultural ...

  4. Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia

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    Early humans were social and initially scavenged, before becoming active hunters. The need to communicate and hunt prey efficiently in a new, fluctuating environment (where the locations of resources need to be memorized and told) may have driven the expansion of the brain from 2 to 0.8 Ma. Evolution of dark skin at about 1.2 Ma. [39]

  5. Archaeologists discover key tool that helped early Americans ...

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    To survive such low temperatures, humans likely created tailored garments with closely stitched seams to protect against the elements. However, clothing is perishable and all but invisible in the ...

  6. Timeline of the evolutionary history of life - Wikipedia

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    Anatomically modern humans appear in Africa. [103] [104] [105] Around 50 ka they start colonising the other continents, replacing Neanderthals in Europe and other hominins in Asia. 70 ka Genetic bottleneck in humans (Toba catastrophe theory). 40 ka Last giant monitor lizards (Varanus priscus) die out. 35-25 ka Extinction of Neanderthals.

  7. When did Neanderthals interbreed with ancient humans ... - AOL

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    The Neanderthal DNA found in modern human genomes has long raised questions about ancient interbreeding. New studies offer a timeline of when that occurred and when ancient humans left Africa.

  8. Homo erectus - Wikipedia

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    In 1868, Ernst Haeckel suggested early humans dispersed from the now-disproven hypothetical continent "Lemuria" (above). [3] [4]Despite what Charles Darwin had hypothesized in his 1871 Descent of Man, [b] many late-19th century evolutionary naturalists postulated that Asia (instead of Africa) was the birthplace of humankind as it is midway between all continents via land routes or short sea ...

  9. Scientific breakthrough confirms how early man left Africa ...

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    Early humans navigated along river channels while on their way to Eurasia, it’s been claimed Scientific breakthrough confirms how early man left Africa 84,000 years ago Skip to main content