Meet Your Ancestors

Homo sapiens
Present day
This is a modern human. Actually, it's me, the author, about 20 years ago. Don't ask what I'm doing. Instead, imagine your own picture here rather than mine. This is about your ancestors, after all (well, mine too).

Can you "see" yourself in the frame? Okay, now let's just say for the sake of argument that you were born in the year 2000 and that a generation is 25 years. (It will make the math a whole lot easier.) Ready? First read some details about yourself below, then click on Next.

Your Profile
You are a bipedal primate. Your species, Homo sapiens, also known as modern humans, arose in Africa about 200,000 years ago. Your kind's most defining characteristic is its large brain. That three-pound universe inside your skull enables you, among other things, to speak a language, reason abstractly, and contemplate whatever it is you like to contemplate.

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