Human evolution
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Human evolution is the theory by which scientists think that humans became a species (a group of animals that are the same, but different from other groups of animals). A lot of people study it and this study affects and involves several fields, for example the study of genes. Physical anthropology means the study of human evolution.
The scientific name for "human" is Homo. The modern human is called Homo sapiens.
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