archaic Homo sapiens

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Relating to or being an early form or subspecies of Homo sapiens, anatomically distinct from modern humans. Neanderthals in Europe and Solo man in Asia are usually classed as archaic humans. Though archaic humans belong to the same species as modern humans, not all archaic groups or populations are necessarily ancestral to Homo sapiens sapiens. According to certain models of human evolution, modern humans replaced archaic populations throughout Asia and Europe after migrating out of Africa in comparatively recent times. In other models, widely separated but interbreeding archaic groups in different parts of the world evolved independently into today's physiologically distinct geographic populations.

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Homo sapiens			In fact, evidence suggests that modern humans evolved from archaic Homo sapiens independently in varied regions of mild environments, some warm and tropical, lasting thousands of years. Modern man in potential: human evolution as viewed from a new ... by Lieber, Michael M. / Frontier Perspectives Consider three separately discovered archaic Homo sapiens fossils dating to around 150,000 years ago. Care-worn fossils: bones reopen controversy about ancient assistance by Bower, Bruce / Science News The hunters, called archaic Homo sapiens or Homo heidelbergensis, were distant ancestors of Neanderthals. GERMANS FIND 400,000-YEAR-OLD SPEARS USED TO HUNT BIG GAME by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			archaeo- archaeoastronomy archaeobacteria archaeobotany archaeogeology archaeography archaeol. archaeolatry Archaeolithic Archaeologian Archaeologic archaeological archaeologist archaeology archaeomagnetism archaeon archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx lithographica archaeornis Archaeornithes Archaeostomatous Archaeozoic Archaeozoic aeon archaezoology archaic archaic Homo sapiens Archaic Latin archaic smile Archaical archaicism archaise archaism Archaist Archaistic archaize Archangel Archangelic archangelical archbishop archbishopric Archbp Archbutler Archchamberlain Archchancellor Archchemic archconservative Archd. archdeacon archdeaconry Archdeaconship archdiocesan			Archaeopterygiformes Archaeopterygiforms archaeopteryx archaeopteryx Archæopteryx Archæopteryx Archaeopteryx lithographica Archaeopteryx lithographica archaeopteryxes archaeopteryxes Archaeoptryx Archaeoptryx archaeornis archaeornis Archaeornithes Archaeornithes Archaeorrhyncha Archaeostomatous Archaeozoic Archaeozoic Archaeozoic aeon Archaeum Archaeus Archaeus archaezoology archaic archaic archaic archaic Archaic Egyptian archaic Homo sapiens Archaic Latin Archaic of Styles Archaic Sealed Heat Archaic second person singular Archaic second person singular archaic smile Archaic Triad archaical archaical archaical archaically archaically archaically archaicism Archaiologika Analekta Ex Athenon Archaionomia archaise archaised archaises archaising archaism archaism archaism archaisms archaisms archaist archaist archaistic archaistic archaistic

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