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What does gut got to do with it

WEBOur ancestor Homo erectus evolved a narrower ribcage and pelvis, shorter large intestines, and longer small intestines. This made the early human gut smaller and …

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Climate Effects on Human Evolution The Smithsonian Institution's

WEBThis article explores the hypothesis that key human adaptations evolved in response to environmental instability. This idea was developed during research …

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Human Skin Color Variation The Smithsonian Institution's Human

WEBThis delicate balancing act explains why the peoples that migrated to colder geographic zones with less sunlight developed lighter skin color. As people moved to …

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Human Evolution Research The Smithsonian Institution's Human …

WEBThe Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program conducts field and lab research on the evolution of early human adaptations. Our key research partners are in East …

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Humans Change the World The Smithsonian Institution's Human …

WEBGrowing Numbers of People. FACT: Between 1959 and 1999, just 40 years, the human population doubled from 3 billion to 6 billion people. FACT: Today the …

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The Age of Humans: Evolutionary Perspectives on the Anthropocene

WEBSome argue that the Anthropocene began with the advent of agriculture, because certain agriculture-related activities such as rice paddy irrigation and …

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Behavior The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program

WEBExplore the evidence of early human behavior—from ancient footprints to stone tools and the earliest symbols and art – along with similarities and differences in …

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What's Hot in Human Origins

WEBCheck out the latest human origins discoveries and research findings! This is where we post hot-off-the-presses news in human origins. We read the original articles …

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Human Family Tree

WEBThe SVG graphics allow the Human Family Tree interactive to be responsive. SVG graphics are overlaid the image and provied scalable interaction with the …

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Australopithecus africanus The Smithsonian Institution's Human

WEBHistory of Discovery: The Taung child, found in 1924, was the first to establish that early fossil humans occurred in Africa. After Prof. Raymond Dart described it and …

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La Chapelle-aux-Saints

WEBSite: La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France. Year of Discovery: 1908. Discovered by: Amadee and Jean Bouyssonie and L. Bardon. Age: About 60,000 years old. …

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Homo neanderthalensis

WEBEvolutionary Tree Information: Both fossil and genetic evidence indicate that Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved from a common ancestor …

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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic

WEBFernando Villanea is a population geneticist and professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, who researches how Neanderthal and Denisovan …

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Primate Behavior

WEBPrimates include lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes – a group of species that is well known for being social, smart, and very adept at using their hands. …

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The Neanderthal Genome The Smithsonian Institution's Human …

WEBMay 6, 2010. Homo neanderthalensis is the first extinct human species to have its DNA decoded. Scientists mapped the Neanderthal genome from fragments of …

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Tools & Food

WEBSome were made of bone, ivory, or antler. Over the past 100,000 years, as modern humans spread around the world, the pace of technological change …

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Shanidar 1 The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program

WEBNickname: Nandy. Site: Shanidar, Iraq. Year of Discovery: 1957. Discovered by: Ralph Solecki. Age: Between 45,000 and 35,000 years old. Species: Homo …

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