20 human evolution

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bipedalism

Bipedalism is a form of movement where an organism walks on two legs.

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persistance hunting

Persistence hunting is a hunting method where humans chase animals over long distances until the animal overheats and collapses from exhaustion.

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out-of-africa hypothesis

It’s the idea that modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved in Africa, and then migrated out to populate the rest of the world.

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what are the synapomorphies for the groups humans are part of?

Traits shared by a group of organisms due to common ancestry, and not present in more distant ancestors.

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what evidence supports out-of-africa hypothesis?

by fossils, DNA, and tools