09. Homo Erectus: We Have Been Misunderstanding Them
Hello! Today, I want to talk about our ancestor, ‘Homo erectus,’ who roamed the widest lands for the longest time […]
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08. Meeting the First “True” Human: Homo ergaster
About 1.9 million years ago in Africa, a massive turning point arrived in the history of human evolution. Passing the
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07. They Were No “Nutcracker Men”: The Rediscovery of Paranthropus
Prologue: The Giants Vanished from the Human Family Tree In 1959, a fossil was discovered in the Olduvai Gorge of
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06. Homo habilis: The True Story of the ‘Handy Man’ Who Started Human Civilization
We often think of human evolution as a linear process of monkeys gradually straightening their backs to stand up. However,
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05. The Ancestors of Humanity, Everything About Australopithecus: From Lucy to Homo
“Where did humans come from?” To find the answer to this question, scientists have excavated the earth for decades. In
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04. The ‘Flat Face’ That Rewrote the Textbooks: Everything About Kenyanthropus
When we think of human ancestors, we typically think of Australopithecus afarensis, famously known as ‘Lucy’. This is because, for
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03. ARDIPITHECUS: Are Chimpanzees Not Our Ancestors? The Truth Revealed by 4.4 Million-Year-Old ‘Ardi’
When you think of the history of human evolution, do you often imagine the image of a hunched chimpanzee gradually
02. Walking 2 Million Years Before Lucy? The Secrets of the First Human, ‘Orrorin’
When we talk about the ‘first humans’ or our ‘human ancestors,’ the first name that usually comes to mind is
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01. 7 Million Years Ago, Opening the First Chapter of Human History: ‘Hope of Life’ Toumaï
Where did we come from? To answer this age-old question, scientists scour dust-blown deserts and dedicate decades to analyzing a