An English gentleman and naturalist, Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882). The man who transformed our understanding of the natural world with his revolutionary ideas. A man who fought against the Anglican church so his theory may be heard. Evolution by natural selection – that all species of life had descended over time from common ancestors. History(…)
Biologically it would seem that our purpose in life would be to reproduce. We pass on our genes to future generations, and ensure our success as a species. Constantly faced with new challenges as the world changes, we can either evolve and become a stronger species, or remain as we are and risk extinction.
The AHOB project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, directed by Chris Stringer, human evolution expert of the Natural History Museum, UK, aimed to discover the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB). In 2009 it was discovered that Somerset cave was one of the first places humans lived in Britain after the peak of the last(…)
The AHOB project, funded by Leverhulme Trust, directed by Chris Stringer, human evolution expert of the Natural History Museum, UK aimed to discover the ancient human occupation of Britain (AHOB). In 2011 it was discovered that the earliest human skull-cups had been made in the UK.
A census was taken to estimate the number of eukaryote species currently known to us – and that are currently existent on earth. Eukarkotes have cells, nuclei and other membrane-bound structures. More simple organisms such as bacteria was not included in this count. The census recorded a whopping – eight million, seven hundred and four(…)
People of different races are believed by some theorists to be from separate species entirely. Each race is its own species of human/Homo sapien. This creationist polygenism was the work of both Samuel George Morton and Louis Agassiz and resulted in vast debates between evolutionary theorists.
A creationist, in disagreement that God made man as one species (Monogenism). Samuel George Morton working within the bibles framework put forward a theory which proposed that God made several species of man (Polygenism). Morton, with this concept, went on to study 3 mummies from Egypt. He concluded that there was distinctively more than one species of human, three thousand(…)
This is the Cro-Magnon, thought to have walked the earth from 32,000 to 30,000 years ago. The Cro-Magnons are one of the first to be recognised as related to our own species, us Homo sapiens. During a road construction in 1868, several modern human skeletons were found at the famous rock shelter site at Cro-Magnon, near(…)
British naturalist, Charles Darwin, author of the book – ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’ (Often refered to as The Origin of Species) set out ideas as to how species evolved throughout time. He proposed that natural selection drove change and all life was interconnected. From this he concluded that us(…)
The Homo sapien idaltu, considered a subspecies of us Homo sapiens. This species is thought to have walked the earth around 160,000 years ago in Pleistocene, Africa.
Grass – (Poaceae, Gramineae or true Grasses) are a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. Grass has more than 10,000 domesticated and wild species, and represents the fifth-largest plant family on Earth with grasslands alone covering 20% of all vegetation in existence today. Until recently, fossil findings had indicated that grass had(…)
At this current time it is estimated that the first members of the human family (hominins) lived in Africa about six or seven million years ago. Although almost completely ape-like, its believed this is when human evolution began, and these ape-like species began adapting for reasons still unknown yet, but adapting/evolving into the people that we are(…)
At this current time it is estimated that the first members of the human family (hominins) lived in Africa about six or seven million years ago. Although almost completely ape-like, its believed this is when human evolution began, and these ape-like species began adapting for reasons still unknown yet, but adapting/evolving into the people that we are(…)
At this current time it is estimated that the first members of the human family (hominins) lived in Africa about six or seven million years ago. Although almost completely ape-like, its believed this is when human evolution began, and these ape-like species began adapting for reasons still unknown yet, but adapting/evolving into the people that we(…)
At this current time it is estimated that the first members of the human family (Hominins) lived in Africa about six or seven million years ago. Although almost completely ape-like, its believed this is when human evolution began, and these ape-like species began adapting/evolving into the people that we are today. It has taken many years(…)
At this current time it is estimated that the first members of the human family (hominins) lived in Africa about six or seven million years ago. Although almost completely ape-like, it’s believed this is when human evolution began, and these ape-like species began adapting for reasons still unknown yet, but adapting/evolving into the people that we are(…)
At this current time it is estimated that the first members of the human family (hominins) lived in Africa about six or seven million years ago. Although almost completely ape-like, it’s believed this is when human evolution began and these ape-like species began adapting for reasons still unknown yet, but adapting/evolving into the people that(…)
The AHOB project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, directed by Chris Stringer, human evolution expert of the Natural History Museum, UK, aimed to discover the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB). In 2006 it was discovered that Britons finally settled after their eighth attempt. It is thought that our human ancestors have tried to live(…)
The AHOB project, funded by Leverhulme Trust, directed by Chris Stringer, human evolution expert of the Natural History Museum, UK - aimed to discover the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB). In 2010 it was discovered that ancient Britons could have been the earliest Northern Europeans.
The AHOB project, funded by Leverhulme Trust, directed by Chris Stringer, human evolution expert of the Natural History Museum, UK aimed to discover the ancient human occupation of Britain (AHOB). In 2011, studies revealed that modern humans were living in northwestern Europe between 41,000 and 44,000 years ago.