List of human evolution fossils - Wikipedia
After 1.5 million years ago (extinction of Paranthropus), all fossils shown are human (genus Homo). After 11,500 years ago (11.5 ka, beginning of the Holocene), all fossils shown are Homo sapiens (anatomically modern humans), illustrating recent divergence in the formation of modern human sub-populations.
The Human Fossil Record: A Digital Resource for Research and …
Come and see the fossil remains of your ancestors! This archive contains digital media and information about the fossil record of humans that spans over six million years. It is a collaborative initiative with curatorial institutions from around the world to provide access to digital images, 3D models and virtual copies of bones and teeth of ...
Human Fossils - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
2024年1月3日 · From skeletons to teeth, early human fossils have been found of more than 6,000 individuals. With the rapid pace of new discoveries every year, this impressive sample means that even though some early human species are only represented by one or a few fossils, others are represented by thousands of fossils.
Homo erectus - The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program
2024年1月3日 · Early African Homo erectus fossils (sometimes called Homo ergaster) are the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions with relatively elongated legs and shorter arms compared to the size of the torso.
Human Evolution Evidence | The Smithsonian Institution's Human …
2024年7月9日 · Thousands of human fossils enable researchers and students to study the changes that occurred in brain and body size, locomotion, diet, and other aspects regarding the way of life of early human species over the past 6 million years.
Human Evolution: Understanding our Fossil Record | AMNH
The rich human fossil record dates back more than six million years, and scientists are finding exciting new specimens all the time. The emerging field of genomics enables researchers to use the countless genetic clues in human DNA to understand …
The Human Fossil Record | Wiley Online Books
The Human Fossil Record series is the most authoritative and comprehensive documentation of the fossil evidence relevant to the study of our evolutionary past. This second volume covers the craniodental remains from Africa and Asia attributed to the genus Homo.
Human Fossil Record | Learn Science at Scitable - Nature
Our bodies are records of our evolution. Look at an unfolding embryo, a genome, or a skeleton and you will see our inner fishes, our inner mammals, our inner apes. We carry within us physical...
Our Ancestors—Hominin Fossil Record - Becoming Human
Since then, thousands of hominin fossils and an untold number of artifacts found in Africa take the record of human evolution back to perhaps 7.0 million years. The human family tree has numerous branches with more than 20 hominin species, but one prevailed while all the others went extinct—Homo sapiens.
Digital data - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Human Fossil Record.org: The Department of Human Origins collaborates with the Human Fossil Record online archive in its mission to provide visual information about the human fossil record. In particular, CT scans of extant and fossil primates that are produced by our department are made available from the archive through collaborative ...