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  1. Human evolution | History, Stages, Timeline, Tree, Chart, & Facts ...

    3 days ago · Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. The only extant members of the human tribe, Hominini, belong to the species …

  2. Human evolution - Fossils, Species, Adaptations | Britannica

    Dec 11, 2025 · Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Introduction to Human Evolution

  3. Homo sapiens | Meaning, Characteristics, & Evolution | Britannica

    Dec 5, 2025 · There is no definitive answer to this question. Although human evolution can be said to involve all those species more closely related to H. sapiens than to the apes, the …

  4. human evolution Facts | Britannica

    Dec 10, 2025 · Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. The only extant members of the human tribe, Hominini, belong to the …

  5. Human evolution - Emergence, Homo Sapiens, Bipedalism

    Dec 11, 2025 · Human evolution - Emergence, Homo Sapiens, Bipedalism: The relationships among Australopithecus, K. platyops, Paranthropus, and the direct ancestors of Homo are …

  6. Fossil evidence on human evolution | Britannica

    human evolution, Evolution of modern human beings from now-extinct nonhuman and humanlike forms.

  7. Piltdown man | Discovery, Fossils, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 6, 2025 · During the first half of the 20th century, the fraud of the Piltdown man impeded recognition of the importance of hominin fossils discovered in Africa, but its exposure starting …

  8. Charles Darwin - Evolution, Natural Selection, Theory | Britannica

    Nov 21, 2025 · The trend to explain the evolution of human races, morality, and civilization was capped by Darwin in his two-volume The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex …

  9. Human evolution - Bipedalism, Adaptations, Fossils | Britannica

    3 days ago · Human evolution - Bipedalism, Adaptations, Fossils: There are many theories that attempt to explain why humans are bipedal, but none is wholly satisfactory. Increased speed …

  10. Human evolution - Miocene, Bipedalism, Adaptations | Britannica

    3 days ago · This morphology-based model mirrors results of some molecular studies, which show chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans to be more closely related to one another than any …