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human: see anthropology anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture . ..... Click the link for more information. ; human evolution human evolution, theory of the origins of the human species, Homo sapiens. Modern understanding of human origins is derived largely from the findings of paleontology , anthropology , and genetics , and involves the process of natural selection (see Darwinism ). ..... Click the link for more information. ; race race, one of the group of populations regarded as constituting humanity. The differences that have historically determined the classification into races are predominantly physical aspects of appearance that are generally hereditary. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Johanson, the paleontologist who discovered the Lucy skeleton in Ethiopia, and science writer Edgar review the human-fossil record and detail how scientists developed and continue to refine their understanding of the lineage from our ancestors 6 to 7 million years ago to modern Homo sapiens. But they were not a pygmy form of modern Homo sapiens. One of the most fundamental characteristics of our species Homo sapiens is its unquenchable curiosity about the world around it, and about itself and its place in that world in particular. |
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