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The 44 pages that link to Homo sapiens, each with the reason it gives.

• Human evolutionBroader topic: Its emergence in Africa is the recent outcome of the evolutionary history described here.

• HomininBroader topic: Modern humans are the only surviving hominin species.

• NeanderthalRelated: Neanderthals encountered and interbred with this species.

• Upper PaleolithicRelated: Anatomically modern humans spread across Eurasia during this phase.

• AfricaRelated: Fossils and genetic evidence place the species’ origins on this continent.

• PaleolithicRelated: The timing and causes of Homo sapiens’ technological and cultural changes remain debated.

• DenisovanCompared with: Denisovans are known partly through their genetic and archaeological relationships with modern humans.

• HomininiBroader topic: Humans are the sole surviving species of Hominina.

• Homo floresiensisCompared with: Comparisons with modern humans help assess whether LB1's traits indicate a separate species.

• Middle Stone AgeRelated: Fossils and artifacts connect the period with early populations of our species.

• MousterianCompared with: Some Mousterian-like industries have been associated with early modern humans in western Asia.

• Blombos CaveRelated: The people who occupied Blombos were early members of our species.

• Homo heidelbergensisRelated: African fossils grouped under this name have sometimes been proposed as ancestors of modern humans.

• QuaternaryBroader topic: Our species evolved and dispersed during the Quaternary.

• Hominin taxonomyCompared with: Its placement is clear, but its boundaries with archaic populations are debated.

• Recent African origin of modern humansBroader topic: The model explains the species’ African emergence and subsequent global spread.

• Homo antecessorRelated: A proposed evolutionary link between Homo antecessor and modern humans has been contested.

• Middle PleistoceneBroader topic: The earliest known members of our species appear late in this interval.

• Sexual size dimorphismBroader topic: Humans display moderate, variable male-biased size dimorphism.

• Denisovan admixtureRelated: Modern humans acquired Denisovan ancestry during migrations and encounters in Asia.

• Jebel IrhoudNarrower topic: The Jebel Irhoud fossils are attributed to early members of this species.

• HomoBroader topic: This is the sole surviving species in the genus.

• Out of Africa migrationNarrower topic: The migration traces the spread of this species from its African origins.

• Archaic human admixtureRelated: Modern human populations inherited archaic DNA through their ancestors.

• HumanNarrower topic: Humans are individual members of this species.

• Origin of languageNarrower topic: Language’s emergence is often investigated in relation to the evolution and dispersal of our species.

• Behavioral modernityNarrower topic: Behavioral modernity concerns patterns attributed chiefly to this species, not its biological origin alone.

• Herto ManNarrower topic: Herto Man is an early fossil representative of this species.

• HomininaeBroader topic: Humans are the sole surviving species of the human lineage within Homininae.

• Homo rhodesiensisCompared with: Some researchers interpret African fossils called Homo rhodesiensis as members of early Homo sapiens.

• Prehistoric EuropeRelated: Modern humans entered Europe and eventually became its sole surviving human species.

• Yuval Noah HarariNarrower topic: Harari’s broad historical narrative centers on this species.

• Cave of El CastilloCompared with: The identity of the makers of the earliest El Castillo images remains a question of human prehistory.

• Early human migrationsRelated: Its dispersal accounts for the global distribution of modern humans.

• Human historyBroader topic: The species' emergence anchors the broadest starting point of human history.

• Spoken languageRelated: Spoken language developed within the evolutionary history of humans.

• Brow ridgeBroader topic: Modern humans generally have reduced brow ridges compared with many earlier hominins.

• Early modern humanNarrower topic: Early modern humans are ancient populations within this species.

• History of AfricaBroader topic: Fossils and genetics place the species’ origins within African history.

• Manot 1Narrower topic: Manot 1 belongs to the species whose dispersal the fossil helps investigate.

• Prehistoric AfricaBroader topic: The species arose in Africa before its populations spread across the world.

• Prehistoric AsiaRelated: Its dispersal and regional encounters shape much of later Asian prehistory.

• Prehistoric IberiaRelated: Its arrival brought new populations and Upper Paleolithic traditions to Iberia.

• Prehistory of the LevantRelated: Fossils and artifacts track early modern human presence in the Levant.