Human evolution
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Human evolution is the part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominans, great apes and placental mammals. It is the subject of a broad scientific inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how this change occurred. The study of human evolution encompasses many scientific disciplines, most notably physical anthropology, linguistics and genetics. The term "human", in the context of human evolution, refers to the genus Homo, but studies of human evolution usually include other hominins, such as the australopithecines.
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See also
- Archaeogenetics
- Sociocultural evolution
- Dual inheritance theory
- Dysgenics
- Evolutionary anthropology
- Evolutionary neuroscience
- Evolutionary psychology
- History of Earth
- Hominid intelligence
- Human behavioral ecology
- Human vestigiality
- Hunting hypothesis
- Killer ape theory
- Mitochondrial Eve ("African Eve" theory)
- Most recent common ancestor
- Multi-regional origin
- Physical anthropology
- Single origin hypothesis
- Timeline of human evolution
- Y-chromosomal Adam
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