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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Hominin''' β A "Term" for "Humans" and all our "Extinct Ancestors" since the "Split" from the "Apes." * '''Bipedalism''' β The "Ability" to "Walk Upright" on "Two Legs," the "First Major Step" in human evolution. * '''Australopithecus''' (e.g. 'Lucy') β An early hominin (~4-2 Million Years Ago) that walked upright but still had a "Small Brain" and "Climbed Trees." * '''Homo habilis''' ("Handy Man") β The first species in our "Homo" genus to "Consistently Use" "Stone Tools." * '''Homo erectus''' ("Upright Man") β The first hominin to "Leave Africa," "Control Fire," and have a "Brain Size" approaching ours. * '''Homo neanderthalensis''' (Neanderthals) β Our "Closest Cousins" who lived in Europe/Asia: they were "Stronger," had "Larger Brains," and "Interbred" with modern humans. * '''Homo sapiens''' (Modern Humans) β Our "Species": it appeared in Africa ~300,000 years ago and is the "Only Surviving Hominin." * '''The Savannah Hypothesis''' β The theory that "Climate Change" in Africa "Turned Forests into Grasslands," "Forcing" our ancestors to "Walk" and "Develop New Traits." * '''Out of Africa Theory''' β The "Evidence" that all "Modern Humans" descended from a "Single Population" that left Africa ~60,000 years ago. * '''Denisovans''' β A "Newly Discovered" "Sister Species" of Neanderthals in Asia, known mostly from "DNA Analysis." </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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