Human Evolution

Authors

Robert D. Seager, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

A common characteristic of humans is a desire to know their roots. This is evident not only in the tracing of family ancestries, but in the excitement about and attention given to the study of the roots of our entire species - the study of human evolution. We have, over the past few million years, evolved from an ape-like ancestor to modern Homo sapiens. Like evolution in general, the fact of human evolution is as firmly established as anything in science. There are, however, differences among scientists concerning details of this process. In this paper I will give an historical overview and summary of our knowledge of human evolution, and will focus on current disagreements.

Publication Date

April 1983

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

20

Issue

1

First Page

2

Last Page

6

Copyright

© Copyright 1983 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Seager, Robert D. (1983) "Human Evolution," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 20: No. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol20/iss1/2