Our species, Homo sapiens, is about 230,000 years old ... and I hope this will encourage people to look more at human language and evolution." This research was, in part, supported by the São ...

Apr. 14, 2025 — Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools -- it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling ...

As we travel forward through history, one of the most profound changes was the evolution of the brain ... The emergence of language was revolutionary, allowing prehistoric humans to share ...

By H. G. Wells. (An amalgamation and modernization of two books—“The Fate of Homo Sapiens” and “The New World Order”, published severally in 1939 and 1940. Pp. 287. (London: Seeker and ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...

The process is loosely analogous to biological evolution, although does not necessarily involve Darwinian natural selection, and includes changes in language, art and social behaviour and norms.

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

“Evolution isn't just a story about where ... you’re presumably a member of the species Homo sapiens, one of somewhere between 5 and 100 million distinct types of organisms living on Earth ...