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  2. Evolution of human intelligence - Wikipedia

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    The great apes (Hominidae) show some cognitive and empathic abilities. Chimpanzees can make tools and use them to acquire foods and for social displays; they have mildly complex hunting strategies requiring cooperation, influence and rank; they are status conscious, manipulative and capable of deception; they can learn to use symbols and understand aspects of human language including some ...

  3. Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia

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    Shortly after the appearance of the first amniotes, two branches split off. One branch is the Sauropsida, from which come the reptiles, including birds. The other branch is Synapsida, from which come modern mammals. Both had temporal fenestrae, a

  4. Aquatic ape hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, human placentophagy seems to have disappeared at a very early point in the human species, as it was practiced by no known culture; placentophagy is common in primates, but not among seals or dolphins. Notably, placentophagy is also not seen in camels, which like aquatic mammals commonly consume salty substances.

  5. Timeline of the evolutionary history of life - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known tracks on land named the Zachelmie trackways which are possibly related to icthyostegalians. [80] 375 Ma Tiktaalik, a lobe-finned fish with some anatomical features similar to early tetrapods. It has been suggested to be a transitional species between fish and tetrapods. [81] 365 Ma

  6. Firstborn hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The firstborn hypothesis is a special case of the Hart–Tipler conjecture (the idea that the lack of evidence for interstellar probes is evidence that no intelligent life other than humanity exists in the universe) which asserts a time-dependent curve towards discovery. [1]

  7. Evolution of birds - Wikipedia

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    Many were coastal birds, strikingly resembling modern shorebirds, like Ichthyornis, or ducks, like Gansus. Some evolved as swimming hunters, like the Hesperornithiformes – a group of flightless divers resembling grebes and loons. While modern in most respects, most of these birds retained typical reptilian-like teeth and sharp claws on the manus.

  8. Humans' impact on the earth began a new epoch in the 1950s ...

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    This puts the power of humans in a somewhat similar class with the meteorite that crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, killing off dinosaurs and starting the Cenozoic Era, or what is ...

  9. Human evolution - Wikipedia

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    The hominoids are descendants of a common ancestor.. Homo sapiens is a distinct species of the hominid family of primates, which also includes all the great apes. [1] Over their evolutionary history, humans gradually developed traits such as bipedalism, dexterity, and complex language, [2] as well as interbreeding with other hominins (a tribe of the African hominid subfamily), [3] indicating ...