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Anthropology

wnylib

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5. It was confusing, but glad to be able to clear it up.

Reply to scipan (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 29, 2021, 07:19 PM

Jul 2021

Yes, it is a small percent. I guess it reflects how young modern humans are on the hominid family tree. We've only been around for about 130,000 years to evolve traits that are unique to us. The most recent ancestors to modern humans had hundreds of thousands of years to evolve their traits, and before them, it goes into millions of years.

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Interesting . . .. Lovie777 Jul 2021 #1

How could these facts both be true? Help me out. scipan Jul 2021 #2

Both are true because different wnylib Jul 2021 #3

Oh I get it now, thanks! scipan Jul 2021 #4

It was confusing, but glad to be able to clear it up. wnylib Jul 2021 #5