Human history
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Human history, or world history, is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They migra
A pillar at Neolithic Göbekli Tepe
Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Olmec colossal head, now at the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa
Standing Buddha from Gandhara, 2nd century CE
Early modern human
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Early modern human, or anatomically modern human, are terms used to distinguish Homo sapiens that are anatomically consistent with the range of phenotypes seen in contemporary humans, from extinct arc
Human history
…Human history, or world history, is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age, spreading to…
Reconstruction of early Homo sapiens from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, c. 315,000 years BP
100 to 80 thousand year old Skhul V from Israel
Layer sequence at Ksar Akil in the Levantine corridor, and discovery of two fossils of Homo sapiens, dated to 40,800 to 39,200 years BP for "Egbert", and 42,400–41,700 BP for "Ethelruda".
Known archaeological remains of anatomically modern humans in Europe and Africa, directly dated, calibrated carbon dates as of 2013.