hom*o sapiensevolved from their early hominid predecessors between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago and developed a capacity for language about 50,000 years ago.
Log in Kindnessgirl 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Kindnessgirl's post “On the second picture of ...” On the second picture of a skull, couldn't the weird shape of it just be from weathering or decomposing? • (44 votes) Exodus37 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Exodus37's post “It very well could be! As...” It very well could be! As Sal said earlier, much of what we know about history, mainly prehistory, is based on detective work. (17 votes) svaniksurve 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to svaniksurve's post “Did Hominids hunt each ot...” Did Hominids hunt each other? How did they interact? Is it known yet? • (25 votes) Joe Williams 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Joe Williams's post “They hunt eachother, and ...” They hunt eachother, and still do. Since Chimpanzees are technically hominids, and have been targeted by human hunters, hominids still hunt each other. However, I assume that you're talking about prehistoric hominids, and the answer to that is that we don't know. There is very limited information on interaction between hominid species. Most hominids have a diet largely based on vegetables and scavenging. Active hunting is rare, and hunting other predators is extremely rare. So any conflict between hominids would be rare. Similar, it would be difficult for different hominid species to communicate with eachother, so it's unlikely that they would have cooperated with us. Humans today don't trade with chimpanzees or gorillas largely because of this extremely steep communication barrier. However, we do know that Neanderthals and hom*o Sapiens interacted. This is evidenced by the presence of Neanderthal DNA in the genome of people of European, Middle Eastern, and Asian descent. That indicates that there was at least some inbreeding between neanderthals and hom*o sapiens, which suggests intimate relationships between the two groups. Beyond that, the nature of neanderthal-hom*o sapiens interaction is still unclear. (67 votes) Sushmitha Magaji 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Sushmitha Magaji's post “As our ancestors didn't k...” As our ancestors didn't know how to communicate with each other, and also their brains were in the process of development, then how were they convinced to migrate somewhere else? • (17 votes) Jack London 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Jack London's post “Our ancestors did know ho...” Our ancestors did know how to communicate with each other. I believe early primates easily used body language as a start (look at modern primate studies showing complicated body language within species). (Indeed, look at modern hom*o's use of body language). As these primates evolved, they used their increased motor skills and memory to create sign language. Spoken 'language' was often counterproductive as it allowed others (predators) to hear you. Look at the success of modern men who are deaf but communicate easily with sign. (19 votes) 24erlingw 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to 24erlingw's post “What was dangerous for th...” What was dangerous for the people in the stone age? • (16 votes) David Alexander 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Germs, infections, accide...” Germs, infections, accidents, weather and disputes between people were all dangerous for people in the stone age, as they are now. (24 votes) Carlos Baltazar 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Carlos Baltazar's post “So we all originate from ...” So we all originate from Africa? • (14 votes) Mayaas 11 days agoPosted 11 days ago. Direct link to Mayaas's post “Yes, Carlos, we do.” Yes, Carlos, we do. (1 vote) DEVAKUMAR DEVARAJA 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to DEVAKUMAR DEVARAJA's post “1.they say, many types of...” 1.they say, many types of hominids were there but only hom*osapiens survived so how did the apes chimpanzeesa nd monkeys survive till to date? • (7 votes) Davin V Jones 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Davin V Jones's post “We didn't evolve from chi...” We didn't evolve from chimpanzees or any other currently living species. We share a common ancestor. (22 votes) christine.denniss 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to christine.denniss's post “I think when all the land...” I think when all the land masses were all together and had not separated hom*o sapiens migrated and whoever was on the continents when they broke up stayed on that continent. They didn't need to voyage great oceans that way. • (0 votes) Uma 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Uma's post “It's highly possible that...” It's highly possible that they took advantage of when the landmasses were together, but they definitely crossed the sea to get to Australia. The fauna over there was unique and had evolved in isolation for years. (6 votes) Abhishta M 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Abhishta M's post “so the human evolution to...” so the human evolution took place in africa! • (9 votes) Uma 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Uma's post “Well, it depends on what ...” Well, it depends on what defines an African. If you say our origins are where we evolved from, then we are all actually aquatic creatures, living in an artificial world of dryness and too many body parts. (8 votes) taranveerbindra a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to taranveerbindra's post “Did the hom*o Sapiens kill...” Did the hom*o Sapiens kill the hom*o Erectus and the Neanderthals? If so the WHY? • (6 votes) Rose🌹 a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Rose🌹's post “Just wanted to elaborate ...” Just wanted to elaborate on David Alexander's answer because I love this part of history! (13 votes) bagelman 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to bagelman's post “The ice bridge theory was...” The ice bridge theory was proven false a few years ago because scientists found human art and tools in the Americas before the time of the ice bridge. • (7 votes) Rose🌹 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to Rose🌹's post “The Bering land bridge th...” The Bering land bridge theory has not been debunked. It is still the most widely accepted and feasible migration route. These are good theories but they are based off small localized studies and have not yet been properly tested. I cannot find anything about tools being found that predate the land bridge, only that their structure and style is earlier and slightly outdated but that could be due to other factors such as materials used or function. Side note, I have heard that some First Nation peoples and tribes disagree with the Bering Land bridge theory on a spiritual level as they believe they originated in the Americas rather than in a foreign country. I hope this cleared up some stuff, if I missed something please link it below I'm always open to new info :) (5 votes)Want to join the conversation?
I got this question because they might not be even knowing their purpose on Earth and who those other creatures were.
I hope my question makes sense.
There are only three truly important things in the life of a primate: food, clothing, shelter. Any one of these would encourage a clever primate to find any or all of these three. Migration is just one response to these needs.
By the way, have you ever wondered if the migration maps are backwards? Assume the original hom*o line developed in Malaysia. Then the migration direction would be the opposite of the current guesswork direction. Who's to say which way/direction early hom*o wandered?
2. also if we evolved from chimpanzees why there are still chimpanzees living they all should have evolved ryt ?and there should be no monkeys in th e world
then we all are africans?
In regards to Neanderthals there was a relatively long period of co-habitation (as showed by the interbreeding), there is some evidence of small-scale territorial skirmishes but no out and out war between hom*o sapiens and Neanderthals.
The most plausible theory we have for the extinction of Neanderthals is climate change. Neanderthals went extinct during the Heinrich H5 event (a thousands of years long shift from cold conditions to even colder conditions) There were extinctions of a number of large mammals during this general time.
hom*o sapiens had better technology and trade networks so they coped better with the changing environment. It is possible they took advantage of the weakened Neanderthal's hunting grounds but so far it's not thought hom*o sapiens caused the extinction of any other human species.
Here's some articles on the subject:https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60305218 and https://www.sciencealert.com/did-humans-wipe-out-neanderthals-it-s-complicated
Hope you found this interesting! Best of luck learning🍀
But as you pointed out there are a few other ideas that have been put forward in recent years, mainly hypothesizing that humans migrated to the Americas via boats and coastal travel.
It is wrong to say the Bering land bridge is false, perhaps one day one of the new hypotheses will be proven but so far...it's the land bridge.
