Human Evolution
Human evolution is the biological and cultural development of humans. A
human is any member of the species Homo sapiens, meaning “wise man.” Since at
least the Upper Paleolithic era, some 40,000 years ago, every human society has
devised a creation myth to explain how humans came to be. Creation myths are based
on cultural beliefs that have been adopted as a legitimate explanation by a society as to
where we came from. The science of …
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