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The human line goes back through our own species, Homo sapiens, then Homo erectus and Homo habilis. Earlier hominid species, going back as far as seven million years, could also be included in the definition of 'man' if we wish.

Homo erectus and Homo habilis definitely evolved in Africa. Based on the evidence of fossils, most scholars believe modern humans, Homo sapiens, also evolved in Africa, but there is a 'multi-regional' hypothesis that evolution of our species occurred in Africa and Asia at much the same time, around two hundred thousand years ago. The earliest Homo sapiensfossils in Europe date back approximately 35 thousand years.

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