Write a detailed study on the evolution of the human race.
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Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans, beginning with theevolutionary history of primates – in particulargenus Homo – and leading to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of thehominid family, the great apes. This process involved the gradual development of traits such as human bipedalism and language.[1]
The study of human evolution involves many scientific disciplines, including physical anthropology, primatology, archaeology,paleontology, neurobiology, ethology,linguistics, evolutionary psychology,embryology and genetics.[2] Genetic studies show that primates diverged from othermammals about 85 million years ago, in theLate Cretaceous period, and the earliestfossils appear in the Paleocene, around55 million years ago.[3]
Within the Hominoidea (apes) superfamily, the Hominidae family diverged from theHylobatidae (gibbon) family some 15–20 million years ago; African great apes (subfamily Homininae) diverged fromorangutans (Ponginae) about14 million years ago; the Hominini tribe (humans, Australopithecines and other extinct biped genera, and chimpanzee) parted from the Gorillini tribe (gorillas) between9 million years ago and 8 million years ago; and, in turn, the subtribes Hominina (humans and biped ancestors) and Panina (chimps) separated about 7.5 million years ago to5.6 million years ago.[4]
The study of human evolution involves many scientific disciplines, including physical anthropology, primatology, archaeology,paleontology, neurobiology, ethology,linguistics, evolutionary psychology,embryology and genetics.[2] Genetic studies show that primates diverged from othermammals about 85 million years ago, in theLate Cretaceous period, and the earliestfossils appear in the Paleocene, around55 million years ago.[3]
Within the Hominoidea (apes) superfamily, the Hominidae family diverged from theHylobatidae (gibbon) family some 15–20 million years ago; African great apes (subfamily Homininae) diverged fromorangutans (Ponginae) about14 million years ago; the Hominini tribe (humans, Australopithecines and other extinct biped genera, and chimpanzee) parted from the Gorillini tribe (gorillas) between9 million years ago and 8 million years ago; and, in turn, the subtribes Hominina (humans and biped ancestors) and Panina (chimps) separated about 7.5 million years ago to5.6 million years ago.[4]
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