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Human evolution

Human evolution refers to the evolutionary history of the genus Homo, including the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species and as a unique category of hominids and mammals...

Timeline of Events

1994

3.31.1994

Human evolution: The journal ''Nature'' reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete ''Australopithecus afarensis'' skull.

1997

7.10.1997

In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

2003

3.13.2003

Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.