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Bone, Stone, and Genome: Understanding Humanity's Deep Past

Tides of History

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Homo Habilis - The Dinotherium

David Frum: Homo erectus is the first species that we can be pretty certain includes our direct ancestors. He says their behavior emerged gradually, not in some sudden burst of evolutionary inspiration. We're not sure exactly which paths our ancestors went down during this period, he says. But if we want to get to know Homo erectus, we have to leave Africa behind,. Just as Homo erectus did.

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