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Biological evolution of Homo sapiens from 50,000 years ago until present
Recent human evolution refers to evolutionary adaptation, sexual and natural selection, and genetic drift within Homo sapiens populations, since their
Recent_human_evolution
portal Evolution of human intelligence Human evolution Recent human evolution Genetic history of Pleistocene humans List of human evolution fossils Human history
Timeline_of_human_evolution
Evolutionary process
archaic humans, indicating that their evolution was not linear but weblike. The study of the origins of humans involves several scientific disciplines
Human_evolution
Theory of early hominid migration
The recent African origin of modern humans or the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA) holds that present-day humans outside Africa descend mainly from a single
Recent African origin of modern humans
Recent_African_origin_of_modern_humans
Old Stone Age ''Homo sapiens''
Humans", The American Journal of Human Genetics 101, 578–589, October 5, 2017. Kamberov, Yana G (14 February 2013). "Modeling Recent Human Evolution in
Early_modern_human
Human evolution hypothesis
of human evolution. Multiregional evolution holds that the human species first arose around two million years ago and subsequent human evolution has
Multiregional origin of modern humans
Multiregional_origin_of_modern_humans
Study of the evolution of life
of evolution: natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, and gene flow. Natural selection was independently discovered as the engine of evolution by
Evolutionary_biology
2006). "Evidence for Recent Positive Selection at the Human AIM1 Locus in a European Population". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23 (1): 179–188. doi:10
Human_skin_color
Spread of humans from Africa through the world
PMID 26500257. Kamberov, Yana G (14 February 2013). "Modeling Recent Human Evolution in Mice by Expression of a Selected EDAR Variant". Cell. 152 (4):
Early_human_migrations
Similar evolution in distinct species
Parallel evolution is the similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, but share a similar original trait in response
Parallel_evolution
Branch of psychology
Edward H.; Hammerstein, Peter (2006). "Game theory and human evolution: A critique of some recent interpretations of experimental games". Theoretical Population
Evolutionary_psychology
Most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended
perspective of human evolution is described for a popular audience in The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins. Dawkins lists "concestors" of the human lineage
Most_recent_common_ancestor
Non-scientific term for a transitional fossil
Haeckel, Ernst (1874). The Evolution of Man. Klein, Richard G. (2009-09-22). "Darwin and the recent African origin of modern humans". Proceedings of the National
Missing link (human evolution)
Missing_link_(human_evolution)
Process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species
adaptive radiation in biology and human evolution, pp. 28–32, 1994, Orion Publishing. Grant, P.R. 1999. The ecology and evolution of Darwin's Finches. Princeton
Adaptive_radiation
Scientific view of guided evolution by God
creation but can include beliefs such as creation of the human soul. Modern theistic evolution accepts the general scientific consensus on the age of the
Theistic_evolution
Expected reproductive success
alleles with higher fitness more common over time, resulting in Darwinian evolution. The term "Darwinian fitness" can be used to make clear the distinction
Fitness_(biology)
estimate for human and chimpanzee divergence time of between 9.3 and 6.5 million years ago. Studies in the 2020s suggest a more recent divergence time
Chimpanzee–human last common ancestor
Chimpanzee–human_last_common_ancestor
ambient air temperature from reaching the skin. Apparent temperature Recent human evolution Thermal comfort Longo, Dan L.; Harrison, Tinsley Randolph. Harrison's
Cold and heat adaptations in humans
Cold_and_heat_adaptations_in_humans
Unsolved problem in biology What selection pressures led to the evolution and maintenance of sexual reproduction? More unsolved problems in biology Sexually
Evolution of sexual reproduction
Evolution_of_sexual_reproduction
Idea that an animal's developmental stages resemble its evolutionary ancestors
range of embryonic changes that evolution can produce—an appreciation that has yielded spectacular results in recent years as scientists have discovered
Recapitulation_theory
Independent evolution of similar features
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures
Convergent_evolution
understanding of the theory of evolution, seeing humans as descending from certain mammals. These include the Malagasy people, who see humans as descending from indri;
History of evolutionary thought
History_of_evolutionary_thought
Study of differences between human genomes
applications. Genetic data can provide important insights into human evolution. Biologists classify humans, along with only a few other species, as great apes (species
Human_evolutionary_genetics
Species having two or more distinct forms
forms of butterflies (see mimicry), and human hemoglobin and blood types. According to the theory of evolution, polymorphism results from evolutionary
Polymorphism_(biology)
Theory in evolutionary biology
the specific mechanisms of evolution, but generally accords with Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Recent work in developmental biology
Punctuated_equilibrium
Evolution-related timelines
The evolution of human intelligence is closely tied to the evolution of the human brain and to the origin of language. The timeline of human evolution spans
Evolution of human intelligence
Evolution_of_human_intelligence
The evolution of mammals has passed through many stages since the first appearance of their synapsid ancestors in the Pennsylvanian sub-period of the
Evolution_of_mammals
Accumulation of genetic differences
populations. Divergent evolution can also result from domestication and selective breeding by humans. Divergent evolution is a type of evolution and is distinct
Divergent_evolution
Branching diagram of evolutionary relationships between organisms
phylogenetic tree, each node with descendants represents the inferred most recent common ancestor of those descendants, and the edge lengths in some trees
Phylogenetic_tree
Science of classifying organisms
naming, and classification of groups of organisms. As points of reference, recent definitions of taxonomy are presented below: Theory and practice of grouping
Taxonomy_(biology)
Book by Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending
The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution is a 2009 book by anthropologists Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending. Starting
The_10,000_Year_Explosion
Totality of psychological phenomena
; Sherwood, Chet C. (2014). "Neuroscience and Human Brain Evolution". In Bruner, Emiliano (ed.). Human Paleoneurology. Springer. pp. 11–38. ISBN 978-3-319-08500-5
Mind
2000 book by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer
ISBN 978-0143108115. Kimmel, Michael; Travis, Cheryl Brown, Editor (2003). Evolution, Gender, and Rape. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-20143-8
A_Natural_History_of_Rape
fossils and remains relating to human evolution, beginning with the formation of the tribe Hominini (the divergence of the human and chimpanzee lineages) in
List of human evolution fossils
List_of_human_evolution_fossils
Breeding for desired characteristics
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular
Selective_breeding
Species of hominid in the genus Homo
"A Recent Shift from Polygyny to Monogamy in Humans is Suggested by the Analysis of Worldwide Y-Chromosome Diversity". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57
Human
Evolutionary effects of sexual selection on humans
human evolution for many years, but reasons why humans choose their mates are not fully understood. Sexual selection is quite different in non-human animals
Sexual_selection_in_humans
Model used to visualise relationship between genotypes and reproductive success
fitness values is then called a fitness landscape. The idea of studying evolution by visualizing the distribution of fitness values as a kind of landscape
Fitness_landscape
Matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all living humans
In human genetics, the Mitochondrial Eve (more technically known as the Mitochondrial-Most Recent Common Ancestor, shortened to mt-Eve or mt-MRCA) is the
Mitochondrial_Eve
Extinct population of archaic humans
Lahr, Marta Mirazón (25 June 2021). "The complex landscape of recent human evolution". Science. 372 (6549): 1395–1396. Bibcode:2021Sci...372.1395L. doi:10
Nesher_Ramla_Homo
Evolution on a scale at or above the level of species
microevolution is evolution occurring within the population(s) of a single species. In other words, microevolution is the scale of evolution that is limited
Macroevolution
Religious rejection of evolution
accept evolution), and there is very little pressure to teach it as fact. Christian fundamentalists reject the evidence of common descent of humans and other
Rejection of evolution by religious groups
Rejection_of_evolution_by_religious_groups
Any cause that reduces reproductive success in a proportion of a population
(2013-05-14). "The genomics of selection in dogs and the parallel evolution between dogs and humans". Nature Communications. 4: 1860. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.1860W
Evolutionary_pressure
Mankind: Species of hominid known as Homo sapiens
Historians Research Evolution of mammals Evolution of primates Homo Early modern human Recent human evolution Human parasite Population (human biology) Regeneration
Outline_of_humans
S2CID 83750933. Venturi and Bégin 2010, "Thyroid Hormone, Iodine and Human Brain Evolution," pp. 105–124 Archived 2023-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Daeschler
History_of_life
Pope Pius XII first mentioned evolution directly and officially. It allowed one to enquire into the concept of humans coming from pre-existing living
Objections_to_evolution
Mechanism of evolution by differential reproduction
change." In The Descent of Man, Darwin attributes the evolution of all the most human of human characteristics—rationality, intellect, language, conscience
Natural_selection
Concept in genetics
OCLC 77574049. Miller G (2000). The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-49516-1. LCCN 00022673. OCLC 43648482
Genetic_drift
Behavioral theory
closely related fields of human behavioral ecology and cultural evolution, such explanations are predominantly focused on humans and emphasize the benefits
Costly signaling theory in evolutionary psychology
Costly_signaling_theory_in_evolutionary_psychology
Measure used in population genetics
Selection coefficients are central to the quantitative description of evolution, since fitness differences determine the change in genotype frequencies
Selection_coefficient
Origin and diversification of reptiles through geologic time
species to go extinct in recent times. Because of alien species out-competing them for food and the inability to escape from humans, there are many endangered
Evolution_of_reptiles
Theories on the development of personality
evolution resulted in variations of the human mind. Natural selection refined these variations based on their beneficence to humans. Due to human complexity
Personality_development
Human hair color
Shilin; Tang, Kun; Chen, Hua; Powell, Adam (2013-02-14). "Modeling recent human evolution in mice by expression of a selected EDAR variant". Cell. 152 (4):
Black_hair
Evolutionary process
Sloan Wilson, who made a more extended argument in their recent book Unto Others : The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior" Dennett, Daniel C
Speciation
Evolution of characters at various rates both within and between species
mosaic evolution within the canine teeth found in early hominin. Reduction of canine sizes are seen as an authentication mark of human ancestor evolution. However
Mosaic_evolution
Monophyletic closure of a set of living species
representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor. It is thus a way of
Crown_group
Set of theoretical concepts concerning evolutionary biology
framework of how evolution is considered throughout the biological disciplines. In 2022, the John Templeton Foundation published a review of recent literature
Extended evolutionary synthesis
Extended_evolutionary_synthesis
Evolutionary process
an adaptation can only be determined after the event. Adaptive evolution in the human genome Adaptive memory Adaptive mutation Adaptive system Anti-predator
Adaptation
Overview of muscular adaptations in humans
Muscular evolution in humans is an overview of the muscular adaptations made by humans from their early ancestors to the modern man. Humans are believed
Muscular_evolution_in_humans
French naturalist (1744–1829)
academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws, though the mechanism
Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck
Theory of the "selfish gene"
The gene-centered view of evolution, also known as the selfish gene theory, holds that adaptive evolution occurs through the differential survival of
Gene-centered view of evolution
Gene-centered_view_of_evolution
Overview of and topical guide to change in the heritable characteristics of organisms
outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to evolution: In biology, evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological organisms
Outline_of_evolution
Person or entity that exists in a state beyond being human
concerns for the evolution of humanism. Posthumans could be completely synthetic artificial intelligences, or a symbiosis of human and artificial intelligence
Posthuman
evolutionary psychologists and evolutionary psychiatrists to use the theory of evolution to further understand mood disorders. Depression is generally thought
Evolutionary approaches to depression
Evolutionary_approaches_to_depression
Discussion of the meaning and usage of the terms evolution, fact and theory
"settled beyond dispute" for organic evolution and applied it to the evolution of star systems, geology and human society. Even Spencer by 1865 was admitting
Evolution_as_fact_and_theory
Overview of animal and human brain evolution
relatively recent evolution to Homo sapiens. A change in gene TKTL1 could be a key factor of recent brain evolution and difference of modern humans to (other)
Evolution_of_the_brain
Lower jaw bone
via a generally smaller mandible compared to that of the wolf. In recent human evolution, both the oral cavity and jaws have shrunk in correspondence with
Mandible
Patrilineal most recent common ancestor of all living humans
In human genetics, the Y-chromosomal Adam (more technically known as the Y-chromosomal most recent common ancestor, shortened to Y-MRCA), is the patrilineal
Y-chromosomal_Adam
design (ID) has been represented as an alternative explanation to evolution in recent decades, but its "demonstrably religious, cultural, and legal missions"
Creation and evolution in public education
Creation_and_evolution_in_public_education
Human male external reproductive organ
Weekes-Shackelford, V. A. (2002). "Psychological adaptation to human sperm competition". Evolution and Human Behavior. 23 (2): 123–138. Bibcode:2002EHumB..23..123S
Human_penis
Subdiscipline of biology regarding social behavior
of Evolution, written in the early 1890s, is a popular example. The final chapter of the book is devoted to sociobiological explanations of human behavior
Sociobiology
Practical application of biological evolution
application of evolution is artificial selection, which is the intentional selection of certain traits in a population of organisms. Humans have used artificial
Applications_of_evolution
ancestor Gorilla–human last common ancestor Orangutan–human last common ancestor History of hominoid taxonomy List of human evolution fossils (with images)
Gibbon–human last common ancestor
Gibbon–human_last_common_ancestor
Change in allele frequencies that occurs over time within a population
observing microevolution in the wild. Typically, observable instances of evolution are examples of microevolution; for example, bacterial strains that have
Microevolution
"Bipedality and hair loss in human evolution revisited: The impact of altitude and activity scheduling". Journal of Human Evolution. 94: 72–82. Bibcode:2016JHumE
Prehistory of nakedness and clothing
Prehistory_of_nakedness_and_clothing
Transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior
to Neanderthals, Denisovans, and other archaic humans. There are many other hypotheses on the evolution of behavioral modernity. These approaches tend
Behavioral_modernity
South African archaic human species
(mosaic evolution), most notably a small cranial capacity of 465–610 cm3 (28.4–37.2 cu in), compared with 1,270–1,330 cm3 (78–81 cu in) in modern humans. They
Homo_naledi
Interdisciplinary study
Evolutionary anthropology, the interdisciplinary study of the evolution of human physiology and human behaviour and of the relation between hominids and non-hominid
Evolutionary_anthropology
Form of speciation involving hybridization between two different species
PMID 21236911. Holliday T. W. (2003). "Species concepts, reticulations, and human evolution". Current Anthropology. 44 (5): 653–673. doi:10.1086/377663. S2CID 85569586
Hybrid_speciation
Study of changes in DNA and RNA over time
cytochrome c, but hemoglobins from humans, mice, etc. do have comparable rates of evolution), although rapid evolution along one branch can indicate increased
Molecular_evolution
18th and 19th-century evolutionary ideas
18th century ideas of Deism and human progress. Opposition in the scientific community to these early theories of evolution, led by influential scientists
Transmutation_of_species
Gibbon–human last common ancestor History of hominoid taxonomy List of human evolution fossils (with images) Orangutan–human last common ancestor v t e
Gorilla–human last common ancestor
Gorilla–human_last_common_ancestor
Variation in support for the theory of evolution
that "Nearly all scientists (97%) say humans and other living things have evolved over time – 87% say evolution is due to natural processes, such as natural
Level of support for evolution
Level_of_support_for_evolution
Primates portal Evolution portal History of hominoid taxonomy Gibbon–human last common ancestor Gorilla–human last common ancestor Chimpanzee–human last common
Orangutan–human last common ancestor
Orangutan–human_last_common_ancestor
Common ancestor evolutionary evidence
sixty million years of evolution, Oxford University Press Dao, Anh H.; Netsky, Martin G. (1984), "Human tails and pseudotails", Human Pathology, 15 (5): 449–453
Evidence_of_common_descent
Terrestrial locomotion using two limbs
Anthropologist, 63, 687–710, (1961). Hunt, K. D., "The Evolution of Human Bipedality" Journal of Human Evolution, 26, 183–202, (1994). Isaac, G. I., "The Archeological
Bipedalism
American geneticist
previous research specialized in human genetics and evolutionary genetics, especially human sex chromosome evolution and the genetic basis that underlies
Bruce_Lahn
Difference in DNA among individuals or populations
virus evolution. Genetic recombination also has been shown to play a key role in generating the genetic variation that underlies RNA virus evolution. Numerous
Genetic_variation
Study of evolutionary relationships between organisms
"Perspective: Is Human Cultural Evolution Darwinian? Evidence Reviewed from the Perspective of the Origin of Species". Evolution. 58 (1): 1–11. doi:10
Phylogenetics
Characteristic of a group of organisms with a common ancestor
though the suggestion of substantial horizontal gene transfer during early evolution has led to questions about the monophyly (single ancestry) of life. 6
Common_descent
British physical anthropologist (b. 1947)
CBE FRS is a British physical anthropologist noted for his work on human evolution. Growing up in a working-class family in the East End of London, Stringer
Chris_Stringer
Sociobiological approaches to linguistics
Linguistics' often being equated. It is hypothesised that the evolution of the animal brain provides humans with a mechanism of abstract reasoning which is a 'metaphorical'
Evolutionary_linguistics
3.2-million-year-old fossilized hominid
bipedal and upright, akin to that of humans (and other hominins); this combination supports the view of human evolution that bipedalism preceded increase
Lucy_(hominid)
Current geological epoch
the present. The human impact on modern-era Earth and its ecosystems may be considered of global significance for the future evolution of living species
Holocene
Origin of three known varieties of flagella
The evolution of flagella is of great interest to biologists because the three known varieties of flagella – (eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaeal) each
Evolution_of_flagella
Change in the heritable traits of populations
(1991). "The neutral theory of molecular evolution: a review of recent evidence". Japanese Journal of Human Genetics. 66 (4): 367–386. doi:10.1266/jjg
Evolution
Non-technical overview of the subject of biological evolution
In biology, evolution is the process of change in all forms of life over generations, and evolutionary biology is the study of how evolution occurs. Biological
Introduction_to_evolution
Human hybridization during the Paleolithic
excess of genetic similarity is best explained by recent gene flow from Neanderthals to modern humans after the migration out of Africa. They estimated
Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans
Interbreeding_between_archaic_and_modern_humans
Earliest anatomically modern humans in Europe and West Asia
framework for the Upper Palaeolithic of Riparo Mochi (Italy)". Journal of Human Evolution. 62 (2): 286–299. Bibcode:2012JHumE..62..286D. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol
Cro-Magnon
Subfield of genetics
variation can impose biases on the course of evolution. Mutation plays a key role in other classical and recent theories including Muller's ratchet, subfunctionalization
Population_genetics
RECENT HUMAN-EVOLUTION
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Human
Male
Yiddish
 Yiddish altered form of Hebrew Hyam, HYMAN means "life." Compare with another form of Hyman.
Male
Turkish
Turkish name derived from the marines in the Ottoman military called Leventler ("the Levents"), LEVENT means "the lions."
Boy/Male
Assamese, Indian
Human
Boy/Male
Tamil
Human
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Human
Female
Hebrew
Feminine variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Rina, REENA means "joy."
Female
English
English variant spelling of Latin Regina, REGENA means "queen."
Male
Hebrew
(הָמָן) Hebrew name of Persian origin, HAMAN means "magnificent." In the bible, this is the name of a wicked prime minister.
Female
English
English variant spelling of French Renée, REENE means "reborn."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Manveet | மாநà¯à®µà®¿à®¤Â
Human
Manveet | மாநà¯à®µà®¿à®¤Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Human
Boy/Male
Hindu
Human
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Himan was the Name of One of the Famous Slaves that had a Hand in Building the Tomb of Queen Venika
Surname or Lastname
English
English : partly from an unattested late Old English personal name, Hygemann, composed of the elements hyge ‘mind’ (cognate with the underlying Germanic element in Hugh) + mann ‘man’. In some cases this may also have been an occupational name for a servant (Middle English man) of a man called Hugh.Perhaps an altered spelling of German Homann.
Female
Native American
Native American Hopi name SHUMAN means "rattlesnake handler."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Human
Boy/Male
Arabic
Human
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Quick.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Human
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Girl/Female
Muslim
Moonlight
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Dream
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Most Famous
Boy/Male
Muslim
Court of the prophet Muhammad
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Fairy; Goddess
Boy/Male
Hindu
Famous rishis name
Boy/Male
Indian
Healthy, Vanity, Breath, Breathing
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Messenger
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Beveridge.
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a.
To present; to personate.
v. t.
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
a.
A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
n.
A joint regent or ruler.
a.
Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
a.
Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent.
v. t.
To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
n.
Receipt.
a.
Pertaining to man; human.
v. t.
To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
a.
Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news.
n.
The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.
a.
Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
n.
To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.
n.
A human being.
v. i.
To blow the recheat.
n.
A reducent agent.
a.
Shaped like a crescent.
a.
Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices.
a.
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.