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Our species, Homo sapiens, is thought to have emerged hundreds of thousands of years ago. But what comes next? Are humans continuing to evolve, or will we simply stay the way we are? Join Museum Curators Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall on an exploration of what makes our chance of evolving today different from the ancient past, why human cognition is so unique compared to any other species, and what both biology and anthropology have to contribute to this complex question.
#HumanEvolution #HomoSapien #Hominid #Evolution #Anthropology #Microbiology
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Our species, Homo sapiens, is thought to have emerged hundreds of thousands of years ago. But what comes next? Are humans continuing to evolve, or will we simply stay the way we are? Join Museum Curators Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall on an exploration of what makes our chance of evolving today different from the ancient past, why human cognition is so unique compared to any other species, and what both biology and anthropology have to contribute to this complex question.
#HumanEvolution #HomoSapien #Hominid #Evolution #Anthropology #Microbiology
Check out our Human Evolution playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrfcruGtplwEQUS0pfn7kt7pnVg8n2v2Q&si=0zQ6OotFsE-Neh8V
Explore seven million years of human evolution: youtu.be/DZv8VyIQ7YU?si=Kf92EcdpW-BOppL4
Learn how paleoanthropologists search for human ancestors: youtu.be/jOnWmS70tFo?si=dco_H7shH7EmQPUL
Discover what makes Lucy one of the most famous fossils in the world: youtu.be/U85biq24V8g?si=qWtNvvN5LLEh0PAP
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