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A new genetic study suggests that the human lineage or our ancestors may have nearly vanished around 900,000 years ago. Scientists found that there were only 1280 individuals who were able to reproduce or contribute to the gene pool of humans from that point on. There may have been other hominins that survived together with … Read more

Around 50,000 years ago, there were many different kinds of hominins that lived in various environments on Earth together with the modern human species. Our ancestors are thought to have originated and evolved in Africa. Then, 70,000 to 50,000 years ago, they migrated out to different continents, beginning with Europe and Asia. In these new … Read more

The growth of the human population for the vast majority of our history has remained fairly slow and steady, with some major events like glacial cycles and climate change causing disruptions. However, when human societies began farming around 12,000 to 10,000 years ago, a massive change happened: the human population started to grow rapidly. Our … Read more

Around 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers began to transition to a farming lifestyle gradually for a variety of reasons. It was one of the biggest turning points in the history of humanity, not just because it allowed our ancestors to produce their own food instead of relying on what’s readily available in nature, but because of … Read more

For most of human history, our way of life was nomadic, living as hunter-gatherers. Our ancestors hunted animals and gathered wild plants, mainly because they had not learned how to grow their own food yet through farming and agriculture. But around 12,000 years ago, the environment shifted, the ice age ended, and certain resources became … Read more

Around 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers had already started the transition to early farming. However, for most of human history, this was not the norm. Instead of growing food themselves, our ancestors scavenged, foraged, hunted, and gathered the resources they needed. But with farming, people began to settle in one place, making permanent homes instead of … Read more

For most of human history, our ancestors did not plant crops and take care of livestock. Instead, they scavenged, hunted, foraged, and gathered edible resources for millions of years. However, around 12,000 years ago, humans around the world began to shift to another lifestyle, one that would eventually lay down the foundation for modern civilization. … Read more

For approximately 2 million years, and the vast majority of human history, humans were hunter-gatherers. This means that rather than growing their food using farming and domestication techniques, they gathered edible plants and hunted meat from animals in the wild. However, about 12,000 to 10,000 years ago, something changed. The modern human species, Homo sapiens, … Read more

The modern human species, Homo sapiens, was not the only human alive around 50,000 years ago. Another human species that existed back then was the Denisovans. They are believed to have lived in Asia and Oceania, from 200,000 to 40,000 years ago. But, before they disappeared, scientists discovered that they may have met with Homo … Read more

Humans are one of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. We have become a truly intelligent species that dominates and rules the planet. We could shape our world to fit around us, instead of the other way around. However, it wasn’t always like this. 7 to 6 million years ago, our lineage was only … Read more