neanderthals
Neanderthals disappeared from the hominid fossil record around 40,000 years ago.
The first key hominid trait to appear in the fossil record is bipedalism, which refers to the ability to walk upright on two feet. This adaptation is characteristic of early hominids and distinguishes them from their primate ancestors.
I'd read some years ago that about 100 billion homo sapiens have lived, including those 3 billion of us who were alive at that time (late 1960's or early 1970's). I am wondering how much validity such speculations may have, and if modern research (and speculation) has refined this estimate. Thanks! I hope someone will be able to contribute to answering this interesting question. The link below seems to substantiate that view.
The first hominid was dated back 4.4 million years ago. It was namedArdipithicus Ramidus. A team of experienced Paleontologists spent 10 years trying to find the whole skeleton. They did not succeed but one thing was found. We did not used to walk like apes do today. We descended from creatures that walked up right.
Homo sapiens have been on Earth for approximately 300,000 years, based on evidence from the fossil record.
Neanderthals disappeared from the hominid fossil record around 40,000 years ago.
People who study hominids are called paleoanthropologists. They specialize in the study of human evolution and the fossil record of early human ancestors.
paleoanthropologist. They analyze fossils, artifacts, and other evidence to understand the origins and evolution of hominids and human ancestors.
The first key hominid trait to appear in the fossil record is bipedalism, which refers to the ability to walk upright on two feet. This adaptation is characteristic of early hominids and distinguishes them from their primate ancestors.
It is difficult to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominids because the fossil record is incomplete and fragmented, making it challenging to establish direct ancestor-descendant relationships. Additionally, the evolutionary processes that shaped hominid species span millions of years, further complicating the reconstruction of their evolutionary history. Genetic data and other scientific methods can help supplement the fossil record, but uncertainties and gaps still exist.
The answer is the fossil record :D
Leonard B. Radinsky has written: 'Early Tertiary Tapiroidea of Asia' -- subject(s): Fossil Perissodactyla, Paleontology 'The fossil record of primate brain evolution' -- subject(s): Anatomy, Brain, Evolution, Fossil Primates, Fossil hominids, Primates 'A review of the Rhinocerotoid family Hyracodontidae (Perissodactyla)' -- subject(s): Hyracodontidae, Paleontology
The fossil record organizes fos- sils by their estimated ages and physical similarities.
The fossil record organizes fos- sils by their estimated ages and physical similarities.
They were thought to have gone extinction because they disappeared from the fossil record around 65 million years ago. It is now known that birds are the only dinosaurs to have survived.
The age of the oldest fossil on record is about 3.5 billion years old.
A fossil record is a historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of Earth's crust.