How does our understanding of human evolution inform our place in the natural world?

In both research and teaching, Harvard's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology focuses on a fundamental question: "How did humans evolve to be the way they ... Feb 25, 2010 ... No, we are not descended from apes. Rather, God created man as the crown of His creation on Day 6. We are a special creation of God, made in His ... Dec 16, 2024 ... Humans originated in Europe, not Africa, according to fossil discovery ... A recent discovery in Türkiye is shaking up our understanding of human ... According to the Recent African Origin model of modern human origins, anatomically modern humans evolved in Africa around 200 kya, migrated to Eurasia within ... How did humans evolve? Reflections on the uniquely unique species. Alexander, Richard D. 1990. View/Open SpecPub_001.pdf PDF file (2.9MB PDF) How did wolves become dogs? Time, food and selective breeding is the likely answer · Humans collected young pups from dens, raised them, found them useful, and ... The earliest evidence of what we might call persistent carnivory —part of the intensification and expansion of meat-eating—comes from Kanjera South, a research ... What do we mean by "evolution"? Does evolution require atheism? How is science done? How does evolution work? Did humans really evolve? Learn More:. Jul 31, 2013 ... Neuroscientists say about the idea that dancing evolved as a practice for helping people exercise the very capacity that enabled them to survive their early ... Aug 25, 2009 ... Independent evolution of knuckle-walking in African apes shows that humans did not evolve from a knuckle-walking ancestor. Proc Natl Acad Sci ...