What is the scientific name for modern humans?

i have a few questions, if anybody knows the answer to some plz post them it would be a huge help, thanxs





-what is the scientific name for modern humans?





-when did the hominid line give rise to the ancestor's of modern humans?





-what is a phenotype of hominids?





-why did hominid evolution proceed in a simple straight-line transformation of one species to another?





-when did the early hominids live compared to modern humans?





-what is a genus homo?







What is the scientific name for modern humans?
%26gt; what is the scientific name for modern humans?


Homo sapiens sapiens





%26gt; when did the hominid line give rise to the ancestors of modern humans?


This question is too vague. The hominids separated from the ancestors of chimps about 5 million years ago. Anatomically modern humans appeared about 125,000 years ago. Culturally modern humans appeared about 50,000 years ago.





%26gt; what is a phenotype of hominids?


Hominid feet and legs and hips are designed for bipedal locomotion.





%26gt; why did hominid evolution proceed in a simple straight-line transformation of one species to another?


It didn't. There are plenty of also-ran extinct "cousin" species.





%26gt; when did the early hominids live compared to modern humans?


From about five million years ago to present. Anatomically modern humans appeared about 125,000 years ago. Culturally modern humans appeared about 50,000 years ago.





%26gt; what is a genus Homo?


That's the genus that holds man (Homo sapiens sapiens) and some extinct ancestors (Homo erectus) and extinct cousin species (Homo neanderthalensis, Homo floriensis).



Reply:what is the scientific name for modern humans?


Homo Sapien sapien





When did the hominid line give rise to the ancestor's of modern humans?


2,500,000 years ago





what is a phenotype of hominids?


They have not understood this yet from what I know





why did hominid evolution proceed in a simple straight-line transformation of one species to another?


It didnt only our ancestry of species did as we are the youngest and most evoled in the himinidae tree:


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when did the early hominids live compared to modern humans?


Hommindae early species 15 - 10 million years ago


Modern Humans 160,000 years ago





what is a genus homo?


That is a higher grouping than species its made up of speices and each species evn though in the same genus can not reproduce with eachother.


Homo is our genus we share the same genus as no other living ape we are the only surving species of the homo genus group. But Neathdethals who are extinct were in our genus you may know them I used them as an example beacause they were a species we did not evolve from but both evolved from the same ancestors into two differen speicies in the homo genus they were called homo neanderthalensis


Homo (Genus) species:


Homo Habilis


Homo Erectus


Homo Rudolfensis


Homo Georgicus


Homo Ergaster


Homo Antecessor


Homo Cepranensis


Homo Heidelbergensis


Homo Neanderthalensis


Homo Rhodesiensis


Homo Sapieans


Homo Floresiensis





Homo Sapieans (Speiceis)


Sub Species:


Homo Sapien idaltu: Extinct


Homo Sapiens sapiens: Humans
Reply:homo sapien sapiens





-when did the hominid line give rise to the ancestor's of modern humans? The time of the split between humans and living apes used to be thought to have occurred 15 to 20 million years ago, or even up to 30 or 40 million years ago.





to find phenotypes of hominids is to find phenotypes of us...list them...





when did the early hominids live compared to modern humans? Even within the last 100,000 years, the long-term trends towards smaller molars and decreased robustness can be discerned. The face, jaw and teeth of Mesolithic humans (about 10,000 years ago) are about 10% more robust than ours. Upper Paleolithic humans (about 30,000 years ago) are about 20 to 30% more robust than the modern condition in Europe and Asia. These are considered modern humans, although they are sometimes termed "primitive". Interestingly, some modern humans (aboriginal Australians) have tooth sizes more typical of archaic sapiens. The smallest tooth sizes are found in those areas where food-processing techniques have been used for the longest time. This is a probable example of natural selection which has occurred within the last 10,000 years (Brace 1983).






Reply:1st question: Homo sapiens sapiens is the scientific name of us.