Human Evolution: We Didn't Evolve From Chimps: Crash Course Biology #19

What’s a human? And how did we become humans, anyway? In this episode of Crash Course Biology, we’ll meet some of our closest relatives and trace how we evolved into the brainy, inventive, complex species we are today.

Chapters:
The First Humans 00:00
What is a Human? 1:18
Hominins 2:31
Dr. Xinzhi Wu 4:09
Hominin Interbreeding 5:32
How Humans Evolved 7:02
Review & Credits 11:44

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