Early Humans

Some articles on early humans, humans, human:

Endorphins - Activity - Runner's High
... to have evolutionary roots based on the theory that it helped with the survival of early humans ... Runner's high allows humans to run for vast lengths without pain ... Most early humans hunted and gathered for their food ...
Evolution - Human Hairlessness
... The hairlessness of humans compared to related species may be due to loss of functionality in the pseudogene KRTHAP1 (which helps produce keratin) in the human lineage about 240,000 years ago ... can lead to complete hair loss, though this is not typical in humans ... Humans seem hairless not because of a lack of follicles but because of the predominance of vellus fibers which are thinner, shorter, and more transparent than terminal fibers ...
History Of The World - Prehistory - Early Humans
... to chimpanzees (the closest living relative of modern humans) around five million years ago ... Anatomically modern humans arose in Africa about 200,000 years ago, and reached behavioral modernity about 50,000 years ago ... Modern humans spread rapidly from Africa into the frost-free zones of Europe and Asia around 60,000 years ago ...

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