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Updated dates and added the distinction between anatomically modern and behaviorally modern humans
==An evolutionist point of view==
==An evolutionist point of view==
The [[genus]] which includes modern humans - ''[[Homo sapiens]]'', the genus ''Homo'' is thought to have been in existence for approximately two million years, while our species, including the archaic ''H. sapiens'', has occupied only the last 80,000 years or so, H. Hablis 2.1 to 1.7-1.5 million year, H. erectus 1.5 million years to circa 90,000 years and ''H. Sapiens'' from 80,000 years to the present.
The [[genus]] which includes modern humans - ''[[Homo sapiens]]'', the genus ''Homo'' is thought to have been in existence for approximately two million years, while our species, including the archaic ''H. sapiens'', has occupied only the last 200,000 years or so, H. hablis 2.1 to 1.7-1.5 million year, H. erectus 1.5 million years to circa 90,000 years and anatomically modern ''H. sapiens'' from 200,000 years to the present<ref>http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v100/n6/full/hdy200814a.html</ref>. Behaviorally modern humans, that is humans which displayed the same capacity for culture as extant humans, did not appear until around 50,000 years ago<ref>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121582678/abstract</ref>.
The genus seems to have begun in [[Africa]] with the advent of ''H. hablis'' from [[Olduvai Gorge]], [[Tanzania]] and as yet an undifferentiated species from [[Koobi Fora]], [[Kenya]]. It is believed that this or some other early species of Homo diverged from the [[Australopithecines]] more than two million years ago. The divergence is readily seen in the fossil record where significant differences in the cranial and post post-cranial skeleton can be seen.
The genus seems to have begun in [[Africa]] with the advent of ''H. hablis'' from [[Olduvai Gorge]], [[Tanzania]] and as yet an undifferentiated species from [[Koobi Fora]], [[Kenya]]. It is believed that this or some other early species of Homo diverged from the [[Australopithecines]] more than two million years ago. The divergence is readily seen in the fossil record where significant differences in the cranial and post post-cranial skeleton can be seen.