Archaeologists use artifacts and features to learn how people lived in specific times and places. Sometimes, artifacts and features provide the only clues about an ancient community or civilization. Prehistoric civilizations did not leave behind written records, so we cannot read about them.

What type of evidence do anthropologists and archaeologists study to learn about prehistory? The anthropologists would observe the bones of people who had died there and look at the specimen’s physical traits and how those traits have changed over time and the characteristics of the cultures.

The ‘Out of Africa’ (Replacement), ‘Multiregional Evolution’ (Continuity), and ‘Assimilation’ models are the three most widely used to interpret the origin of living human populations (Figure 2; Gibbons 2011).

The first theory, known as the ‘Out of Africa’ model, is that Homo sapiens developed first in Africa and then spread around the world between 100 and 200,000 years ago, superseding all other hominid species. The implication of this argument is that all modern people are ultimately of African descent.

The “Out of Africa” Theory is the generally accepted theory that modern humans migrated and expanded out of Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago. These waves of migration steadily occurred over the world and eventually became the human civilization.

The first hypothesis proposes that a second migration out of Africa happened about 100,000 years ago, in which anatomically modern humans of African origin conquered the world by completely replacing archaic human populations (Homo sapiens; Model A).

If a human mates with another species it is very unlikely that there would be any offspring: the egg and sperm would most likely not join together. And even if they did the offspring would probably be infertile. Essentially, anatomically, the reproductive organs of the human and that of animal are not compatible.

Selection preferences in females Some of the factors that affect how females select their potential mates for reproduction include voice pitch, facial shape, muscular appearance, and height. Several studies suggest that there is a link between hormone levels and partner selection among humans.

Bonobos and humans are the only primates to typically engage in face-to-face genital sex, although a pair of western gorillas has been photographed in this position.

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“Researchers say that few primates mate in a face-to-face position, known technically as ventro-ventral copulation; most primate species copulate in what’s known as the dorso-ventral position, with both animals facing in the same direction,” explained a statement from WCS.

Primates also engage in kissing that is incredibly similar to human display of kissing. Oral sex has been observed throughout the animal kingdom, from dolphins to primates. Bonobos have been observed to transition from a simple demonstration of affection to non-penetrative genital stimulation.

Yes, animals mate with their parents, siblings, and offspring. But not all animals mate in such away. Higher animals like lions mate with their parents, siblings, and offsprings. That’s rare, but they do when they have no better choice.

Like humans, chimpanzees have sex year-round. When a female is in heat, the skin around her genitals becomes pink and swollen — a clear sexual signal to males. Both male and female chimps elicit sex, though in a more brazen way than most people.