There is a lot of debate about when modern humans evolved. One popular theory says that they appeared first in Africa.
But recent research suggests that early modern humans also lived in Europe and Australia. Those early modern people share traits with both Neandertals and archaic humans, according to scientists.
Humans evolved from apes
The origins of modern humans are still under debate, but researchers agree that at some point in time humans separated from chimpanzees. This was around 9.3 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch.
Evolutionary biologists have two main strategies