Essays on Human Evolution

Introduction Over 6 million years ago the human evolution in Africa started from apelike ancestors and these similarities are evident with the behavioral traits such as mourning the dead which both humans and ape do and physical ones such the female having mammary glands to…

Archaeological Hominin and Hominid Discoveries of the Last Century Throughout the last century, there have been many fascinating and thought-inducing hominin and hominid discoveries. The difference in being hominin and hominid seems small, but it is in fact very important. Hominids are a group consisting…

Are Humans Still Evolving? Humans have definitely changed over the course of many years. We changed in how we think and act, and also in our physical appearance as well. However, the question that everyone has contrasting opinions on is “Are humans still evolving?” In…

Over the long years during evolution the human brain has grown and evolved in a rather interesting way; by adding to parts that are already there. In other words, the human brain has evolved by basically joining interdependent neural coatings on top of the other…