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    place their handprints on the wall because where their handprints were discovered and found shows that the wall was too high for them to reach. Therefore, this did not only justify the children had access to the upper part of the caves, but that Homo-Sapiens were tall in

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    Evolution of Intelligence

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    baboon bone. A later Ishango Bone was found in 20,000 B.C.E. This shows that the complex algorithms solved today started from the counting upon bones in Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens. Existential intelligence, such as philosophies of why we are here and meaning of life, has only appeared within the era of modern Homo sapiens (Gardener 1). This has occurred since our brain has developed beyond the rest and is able to comprehend the past was different than now. There is no evidence of past hominins

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    Why Is Human Speech?

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    communicate in forms of signals and symbols, which could be gestures, sounds, or written words. Main differences between human and primates in regards to speech is that humans have an open vocal system while primates have a closed vocal system. Homo sapiens is probably the only animal that uses language to communicate with one another which distinguishes us from other animals. Through age four, most folks are able to communicate through oral language. At age six or seven, us humans are able to understand

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    discoveries to help recognize early human origin, migration, and culture. In Folsom, New Mexico, a world famous archaeological site, archaeologists has made revolutionary discoveries, providing information on human migration and history. The early humans, Homo erectus, originated from Africa. Around 400,000

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    interbreed approximately fifty thousand years ago (Zimmer 2013). There are four initial stages of human evolution that don’t include pre-human primates which are: Australopithecus, three million years ago; Homo habilis, two million years ago; Homo erectus, one million years ago; and Homo sapiens, two hundred thousand years ago to present-day. Human derivation and evolution transpired in the tropical environments of the eastern hemisphere, and it spanned about twenty million years

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    Australopithecus as the common anthropoid ancestor of the distinct group of hominids 2. Pithecanthropus as the earliest members of Homo also called Homo Habilis or Homo Erectus 3. Palaeoanthropus or Homo Neanderthalensis as the closest predecessor of Homo Sapiens 4. Homo Sapiens as the species to which all modern human beings belong and is the only one from genus Homo that is not extinct. According to modern concepts primates evolved from earliest insect-eating mammals. Based on the study of common

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    Gmo Values

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    the introduction of genetically altered foods, which have essentially affected human health as well as local communities. Anthropologists tells us that homo sapiens were hunter gatherers. Their “evolved behaviors helped them respond to the challenges of survival in unstable environments shifting them to live an agricultural lifestyle” (Homo Sapiens. Smithsonian ). Over the millennia, agriculture has made a huge gain in efforts to serve human preferences by domesticating crops and animals to improve

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    well as the very tall Homo erectus have absolute body breadths within the modern human tropical-subtropical range; variations in relative body linearity is due almost entirely to variations in stature (Ruff, 1991).All species have originated through the process of biological evolution. Scientists classify each species with a scientific name. For modern humans, they are classified as Homo sapiens. Physical and genetic similarities show that the modern human species, Homo sapiens, has a very close relationship

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    The Out of Africa Theory

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    Humankind has come a long way since the beginning of time and the beginning started in Africa. Anthropologists guess that we, Homo sapiens, come from other animals such as chimpanzees since they are our neighboring relative. Many other species arose in Africa as well and we all shared one thing and that was the ability to walk up on two legs. As time went on, our brains grew larger and we started migrating to other places such as Eurasia and started using tools. Ultimately, all of the species died

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    Humankind has come a long way since the beginning of time and the beginning started in Africa. Anthropologists guess that we, Homo sapiens, come from other animals such as chimpanzees since they are our neighboring relative. Many other species arose in Africa as well and we all shared one thing and that was the ability to walk up on two legs. As time went on, our brains grew larger and we started migrating to other places such as Eurasia and started using tools. Ultimately, all of the species died

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