6 How do atoms absorb & emit light? â¢ Key idea: Energy â¢ A photon carries energyâ¢ Electron in orbit has energy because it is moving and it is pulled by nucleus. â¢ When atom absorbs photon, energy of photon promotes electron to higher energy.
Until now, researchers believed that homo sapiens, the direct descendants of modern man, evolved in Africa about 200,000 years ago and gradually migrated north, through the Middle East, to Europe and Asia.
Humans first evolved in Africa, and much of human evolution occurred on that continent. The fossils of early humans who lived between 6 and 2 million years ago come entirely from Africa. Most scientists currently recognize some 15 to 20 different species of early humans. Scientists do not all agree, however, about how these species are related or which ones simply died out. Many early human species -- certainly the majority of them â left no living descendants.