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  1. Sep 12, 2024 · human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. Viewed zoologically, we humans are Homo sapiens, a culture -bearing upright-walking species that lives on the ground and very likely first evolved in Africa about 315,000 years ago.

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    • Bitter Vetch
    • Chickpea
    • Pea
    • Lentil
    • Barley
    • Einkorn Wheat
    • Emmer Wheat

    Flax (Linum usitatissimum), also known as linseed or common flax, is a plant species of the Linum genus and the Linaceae family. The word flax can either refer to unspun fibers of the flax plant or the plant itself. Flax is both a fiber and food crop which is cultivated in different areas of the world where climates are cooler. Western countries ma...

    Bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia), also called ervil, is a Neolithic leguminous grain crop which is found in the Mediterranean region. The crop is also known as rovi in Greek, gavdaneh in Persian, yero in Spanish, burçak Turkish, and kersannah in Arabic. The grain's nutritional value for ruminant cattle has guaranteed its continued cultivation in Spain,...

    Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a leguminous crop belonging to the Fabaceae family and the Faboideae subfamily. Chickpea has a variety of different types know as Egyptian pea, garbanzo, gram, garbanzo bean, and Bengal gram. The seeds of chickpea tend to have high protein content. Chickpea is among the earliest legumes to be cultivated as evidence of ...

    Pea (Pisum sativum) is a small spherical seed found inside the pod fruit. Botanically, pea pods are fruits since they are developed from the pea's ovary and contain seeds. Inside each pod there are seeds. The term pea is used by other plant species from the family Fabaceae such as cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) including see...

    Lentils (Lens culinaris) are edible grain seeds referred to as pulse belonging to the family Fabaceae. The lentil is a bushy leguminous annual plant that is known to have seeds that are lens shaped. The plant is approximately 16 inches tall and has seeds that grow in pods, typically only two seeds inside the pod. Lentils are famous in the South Asi...

    Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a member of the grass family and it is a primary cereal grain that is cultivated throughout the world in regions with temperate climates. Barley was among the first grains to be grown in Eurasia about 10,000 years ago. Traditionally, the crop was used as a fermentable component for several distilled beverages and beer...

    Einkorn wheat (meaning "single grain" in German) is used to either refer to the wild species of the crop or its domesticated form. However, the wild and domesticated Einkorn wheat species are considered separate species. The crop is among the first eight crops to be domesticated and cultivated. The domestication of the crop dates back between 10,60...

    Emmer wheat is also known as hulled wheat or farro in Italy. Just like Einkorn wheat, Emmer wheat exists in both wild and domesticated species. The primary difference between the wild and the domesticated species is that the seeds of domesticated emmer do not burst when ripe like in the wild emmer wheat species but rather stays intact which makes h...

  2. Nov 18, 2004 · The necessity to run down food on the plains of Africa 2-3 million years ago pushed the evolution of our ancestors from (left to right) chimpanzees; apelike australopithecines; tall, upright Homo erectus; to modern humans with large brains.

  3. The development of agriculture about 12,000 years ago changed the way humans lived. They switched from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles to permanent settlements and farming. [1] Wild grains were collected and eaten from at least 104,000 years ago. [2] However, domestication did not occur until much later.

  4. Sep 27, 2022 · Humans are getting taller; they're also fatter than ever and live longer than at any time in history. And all of these changes have occurred in the past 100 years, scientists say.

  5. Mar 5, 2020 · The first humans emerged in Africa around two million years ago, long before the modern humans known as Homo sapiens appeared on the same continent.

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  7. Molecular evidence suggests that between 8 and 4 million years ago, first the gorillas, and then the chimpanzees (genus Pan) split off from the line leading to the humans. Human DNA is approximately 98.4% identical to that of chimpanzees when comparing single nucleotide polymorphisms (see human evolutionary genetics).

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