Category: Human Origins
Homo erectus: A Highly Intelligent Seafaring Boatbuilder?
The point of all this is that other members of our genus Homo don’t represent unintelligent, non-human, ape-like forms.
The Genus Homo: All in the Family
In contrast to the australopithecines, the major members of our genus Homo — such as erectus and the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) — are very similar to modern humans.
A Big Bang Theory of Homo
If human beings evolved from ape-like creatures, what were the transitional species between ape-like hominins and the truly human-like members of the genus Homo found in the fossil record?
Later Hominins: The Australopithecine Gap
Accompanying the praise of a “missing link” were what might be called retroactive confessions of ignorance.
The Fragmented Fossil Record of Early Hominins
Let’s examine some of the main early hominin fossils and the debates surrounding them.