Early Anthropology and the Beginnings of Humanity

Two hundred thousand years ago may seem like an incomprehensible amount of time ago. However, in comparison to the trajectory of terrestrial and aquatic life on Earth. It holds in comparison to the length of existence within our mortal coil. Although there is much to talk about, as it pertains to the long period of conscious existence. Today you’ll get the scientific consensus on the history of human evolution. The first part of this series emphasizes early human genetic drift and the Mitochondrial Eve of humanity. The Scientific consensus is that humans and chimpanzees diverged from a common ancestor. The belief is that the divergence from this species happened around 5 to 7 million years ago. After the divergence from the archaic species, both humans and chimps went on different evolutionary paths subsequently. Then around 4.4 million years ago the first human-like species occurred. The species was the Ardipithecus Ramidus. It is thought to be a human-like ape-like species, with similar genetic components to both. <a href="https://medium.com/@ericweisz75/early-anthropology-and-the-beginnings-of-humanity-e3a8c32bee87">Click Here</a>