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Human evolution: Facts about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...
insider.si.edu

Rethinking the human revolution : new behavioural and biological perspectives on the origin and dispersal of modern humans / edited by Paul Mellars . . . [et al.]

Introduction. Rethinking the human revolution: Eurasian and African perspectives / Paul Mellars -- pt. 1. Biological and demographic perspectives on modern human origins. The origin and dispersal of ...
Medical News Today

Autism linked to human evolutionary processes in new study

Share on Pinterest Human brain cell evolution may be linked to autism, neurodiversity, according to a new study. Image credit: Lauren Lee/Stocksy A new study concludes that the speed at which the ...
The Conversation

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes via Lucy to us

John Gowlett receives funding from PAST Africa and Wenner-Gren Foundation, and his work has previously been supported by The Leverhulme Trust. He is associated with a new series of podcasts on human ...
Psychology Today

How Meanings Became Shareable Across Minds

This is Part 3 of a four-part blog series exploring how the brain generates meaning. In Parts 1 and 2, I traced meaning from its origins in goal-directed life forms through its implementation in ...