HUMAN EVOLUTION AT THE CROSSROADS: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NORTHWEST JORDAN

From: Near Eastern Archaeology | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: al-Nahar, Maysoon; Cordova, Carlos; Kalchgruber, Regina; Nowell, April; Bisson, Michael S | Copyright information

Human evolution can be traced back 7,000,000 years. Modern humans evolved in Africa 160,000 years ago and as recently as 26,000 years ago we shared parts of the world with at least one other species-the Neanderthals. Since the discovery of the first Neanderthal in 1856 in Germany, this species has generated controversy, whether it is questions concerning their genetic relationship to modern humans, their capacity for language and artistic expression, or the reasons for their extinction (Mella...

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