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    Human Origin has been an argument that I have heard about when I was in public school. I learned about evolution at school and creation at home. I was never able to really argue for creation until coming to Southeastern University. I also never paid attention in class when we were learning about evolution because I knew that I did not believe it. Learning a lot in this class and others, now I believe that I would be able to start a conversation with people who believe in evolution and be able to

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    in the evolution of humans. Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioural traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately six million years. (Smithsonian Institution, 2015) These major changes include skull shape, brain size and muzzle size. This research essay will outline and evaluate these major changes of the evolution of humans

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    Humanity Human origins, evolution, and diffusion are important for understanding the history of Africa. African historians take pride in the fact that Africa is most certainly the birthplace of humanity. There is evidence showing that humanity began in Africa by remains left behind by human groups and societies. They have retrieved fossils of living organisms, and even written records, like cave drawings. Dating back millions of years ago Africa provides the best time line of human development

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    Biological Anthropology Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is the study of human evolution defined by Anthropology Professor Dr. Craig Palmer at the University of Missouri. Evolution is the changed caused by natural selection. The effect of the inheritable elements on their own frequency in succeeding generations. (Inheritable elements replaced the words generations). The variation within species and reproductive success are the basis of natural selection. Natural selection

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    The debate of human evolution being fact or fiction has been around for hundreds of years. Evidence of human ancestry has been found in many parts of the world and these fossils found have been proven to be human. The parts of the world include Eurasia and Africa. Although fossils are found in Eurasia, the human ancestor the Hominoidea has been traced back to the Miocene epochs, which were 23 to 5 million years ago. The Hominoidea is a super-family, which contains many species that are existent today

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    species have been found that lived between 4 million and 2 million years ago that show the clearer transition to human. The author, Kate Wong (2013) believes the Australopithecus sediba is the most important human ancestor discovered. Even though the discovery of Au. sediba allowed anthropologists to see human species a long time ago, there are opinions on whether it was the most important human ancestor discovered. This essay will explore how hominids have gone through many changes to get from Ardipithecus

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    section 3EG2 went to the American Museum of Natural History. At the museum, we gained more insight on human evolution, how fossils are dated using multiple techniques, and the evidence from fossils to reconstruct the hominid history. Human evolution states modern humans evolved from primates gradually from generation to generation over the time of millions of years and the H. sapiens (modern humans) are currently the only known descendants of the first known hominid (Lucy). To unmask the mystery surrounding

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    Art is crucial to human evolution because it is both a medium of expression that allows humans to evolve and is also key evidence of human evolution. The development and evolution of the human conscious has a direct correlation to the art created from each time period and has allowed researchers to interpret it, using it as a gateway into early human life. Art acts as a window into the minds and lifestyles of our ancestors. It has influenced the development, evolution, and the process of natural

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    Throughout time human species have evolved. It all started seven million years ago. Many different kinds of ancient humans have roamed Earth. The first species were discovered in Africa and later in Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas. Paleoanthropologists, geologists, anatomists, and paleoecologists determined when and where new species evolved by analyzing hominid fossils. They can also tell us how species lived and died, which other species they are related to, what was the climate like

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    The debate of human evolution being fact or fiction has been around for hundreds of years. Evidence of human ancestry has been found in many parts of the world and these fossils found have been proven to be human. The parts of the world include Eurasia and Africa. Although fossils are found in Eurasia, the human ancestor the Hominoidea has been traced back to the Miocene epochs, which were 23 to 5 million years ago. The Hominoidea is a super-family, which contains many species that are existent today

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