Where Did Humans Come From?
Ready to untangle the branches of the human family tree? Part 1 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓...
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Picture human ancestry like a single chain of species: primitive to perfect, with a progressionof all the apey-human things in between.Now take that picture, crumple it up and light it on fire.That’s not how it happened.Now we know we’re just one of more than two dozen human species that’ve walked theEarth… well, probably walked.Some even lived alongside us.So where do all those other twigs fit on our tree?And what makes us… us?[OPEN]This is us.And this is our closest living relative.Chimps aren’t our ancestors.We share a common ancestor, and genetic studies say chimp and human histories split around7 million years ago.When I say “human” (with a lower case h) or hominin, I’m talking about all thespecies in here.That’s where all the interesting thing...
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Picture human ancestry like a single chain of species: primitive to perfect, with a progressionof all the apey-human things in between.Now take that picture, crumple it up and light it on fire.That’s not how it happened.Now we know we’re just one of more than two dozen human species that’ve walked theEarth… well, probably walked.Some even lived alongside us.So where do all those other twigs fit on our tree?And what makes us… us?[OPEN]This is us.And this is our closest living relative.Chimps aren’t our ancestors.We share a common ancestor, and genetic studies say chimp and human histories split around7 million years ago.When I say “human” (with a lower case h) or hominin, I’m talking about all thespecies in here.That’s where all the interesting thing...
