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| − | '''''Human evolution''''' is an [[atheistic]] [[evolution|evolutionary]] theory which posits that humans evolved from more primitive species. | + | '''Human evolution''' or '''paleoanthropology''' is a theory within [[evolution]] which posits that mankind evolved from more primitive species over the course of 40 million years, with the most dramatic changes occuring during the last 2 million years. An absence of intermediary fossils, no plausible pathway for the development of the brain, and countless other disproofs to the theory has rendered human evolution more of a philosophy of a belief system rather than a valid scientific concept. |
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| − | It has been thoroughly disproven by [[creation scientists]] due to an absence of intermediary fossils, no plausible pathway for the development of the brain, and countless other disproofs of evolution.
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| | + | !colspan="4" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: tan no-repeat scroll top left;"|Claimed chain of early humans/hominids according to evolutionary science |
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| | + | ! width="120" | Claimed Dates |
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| | + | | ''[[Ardipithecus ramidus]]'' |
| | + | | Earliest claimed fossil hominid. |
| | + | | 4.4 mya |
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| | + | | ''[[Australopithecus anamensis]]'' |
| | + | | Found in Allia Bay in Kenya, and named in 1995. |
| | + | | 4.2 - 3.9 mya |
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| | + | | ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' |
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| | + | | 3.5 - 2.9 mya |
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| | + | | ''[[Homo habilis]]'' |
| | + | | Called ''handy man'' due to tools found near his remains |
| | + | | 2.4 - 1.5 mya |
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| | + | | ''[[Homo erectus]]'' |
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| | + | | 1.8 mya - 300,000 years ago |
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| | + | | ''[[Homo sapiens (archaic)]]'' |
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| | + | | 500,000 - 200,000 years ago |
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| | + | | ''[[Homo sapiens neanderthalensis]]'' |
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| | + | | 230,000 - 30,000 years ago |
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| | + | | ''[[Homo sapiens (modern)]]'' |
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| | + | | 120,000 years ago - present |
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| | == See Also == | | == See Also == |