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Hominin Reader (Information about all 4)

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Hominin Reader (Information about all 4)

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Prehistoric Times: Food, Clothing, and Shelter

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Prehistoric Times: Food, Clothing, and Shelter

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Prehistoric Times: Using Fire and Tools in the Stone Age

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Prehistoric Times: Using Fire and Tools in the Stone Age

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Study Shows That Neanderthals were Quite Sophisticated

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Study Shows That Neanderthals were Quite Sophisticated

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Australopithecus and Homo Habilis Sources

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Australopithecus and Homo Habilis Sources

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1.11 Australopithecus and Homo Habilis Sources

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How Lucy (Australopithecus) Might Have Died

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How Lucy (Australopithecus) Might Have Died

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Millions of years ago, our ancestors started an evolutionary journey...

We have unique characteristics but also similarities with other animals.

Our family tree includes different species from our evolutionary past. Extending back for five to seven million years to the time when our ancestors took their first two-legged steps on the path toward becoming human. Discover below our factsheets on the different species.

Scientists can recover a lot of information about about ancestors from fossils and oter evidence of human evolution.

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Extending back for five to seven million years to the time when our ancestors took their first two-legged steps on the path toward becoming human.

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Smithsonian Museum: What Does it Mean to be Human

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Smithsonian Museum: What Does it Mean to be Human

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The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program

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Part of what it means to be human is how we became human. Over a long period of time, as early humans adapted to a changing world, they evolved certain characteristics that help define our species today.

This section of our website focuses on several human characteristics that evolved over the past 6 million years. As you explore the scientific evidence for these characteristics, you will discover that these traits did not emerge all at once or in any one species. There were important milestones along the way. For example, early humans began walking upright before they began making tools. A rapid increase in brain size occurred before early humans began using symbols to communicate. And all of these traits emerged before humans began domesticating plants and animals.

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Human Characteristics: What Does it Mean to be Human

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Part of what it means to be human is how we became human. Over a long period of time, as early humans adapted to a changing world, they evolved certain characteristics that help define our species today. This section of our website focuses on several human characteristics that evolved over the past 6 million years.