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Was Homo sapiens the first self-aware species?

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Probably not. One way to tell if an animal is self-aware is to put a mark on it's face and let it look at itself in a mirror. Several different animal species notice that their reflection has a mark on their face and they try to rub it off. read more

In the case of our own species, the co-evolution of language with an exceptionally high level if innervation of our hands and vocal apparatus has led to a situation such that we are not only self-aware but aware of being self-aware. read more

Our species of humans first began to evolve nearly 200,000 years ago in association with technologies not unlike those of the early Neandertals. It is now clear that early Homo sapiens, or modern humans, did not come after the Neandertals but were their contemporaries. read more

Homo erectus is an extinct species of early human that lived throughout the Pleistocene from about 1.9 million years to most recently, 143,000 years ago. The study of the fossil, discovered by scientists proved that Homo erectus originated in Africa and spread through India, China, Georgia, and Java. read more

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