How long has the human race existed?

Answer 1

Around 200 000 years for the homo sapiens species, 2,000,000 for homo erectus and 2,800,000 for homo habilis.
Then 7,000,000 for australopithecus.

So which are you talking about, us sapiens, the homo genus or the whole branch as far back as we can judge?

Answer 2

the oldest fossil evidence for anatomically modern humans is about 130,000 years old in Africa, and there is evidence for modern humans in the Near East sometime before 90,000 years ago.

Of course, you ask about the 'human race' which is rather fuzzy - how do you define human? Would you include earlier homonids, in which case the date goes back by two or three million years! And how do you define race? Do you mean culture? Civilization? In which case we are talking more recently!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Around 200,000 years. Its hard to put a number on it because the emergence of a new species isn't a cut and dry process. The whole thing is very gradual. The hominids (upright primates) have been around for over 2 million years.

Answer 5

The 'human race' started with the invention of the Wheel!
That's when the engines were fired up!

A question of such immense significance for man, could only be answered by human that has "Divine Luminous Wisdom". They happen to be in short supply today!

Answer 6

Our last common ancestor with other primates lived 7 million years ago in the horn of Africa.

Homo sapiens out competed Neanderthals 30-40,000 years ago...

Pick whichever you prefer, just please not the one where you add up all the life spans in the bible and then build a museum containing plant eating Tyrannosaurus Rex's...

Answer 7

Anatomically modern humans, around 50000 years. The genus Homo around 1.5 million years. Hominids about 6 million.

Answer 8

The oldest human bones were found to be about 2 million years.

Answer 9

DNA evidence indicates that modern humans have been around for about 200,000 years. However, this refers only to MODERN HUMANS. The evidence suggests that our ancestors diverged from the ancestors of the modern chimpanzee about 6 million years ago.

Answer 10

Ballpark of about 100,000 years.

Note: human race defined as Homo Sapiens Sapiens.

Cordially,
John
http://www.GodSci.org

Answer 11

we were created thousands of years ago, as part of a computer program to decide the answer to the meaning of life. The creater and designer of this program... a huge computer called "deep thought" on the planet magnathia.