<p> The emerg e nce ( to emerge = to come out / to appear) of humans  The narratives stories of human evolution are often- told and highly contentious.</p><p>Debatable/disagreed  Interpretations of almost every new find will be sure to find opposition among other experts. Disputes often center on diet and habitat, and whether a given animal could walk bipedally walk on 2 legs or was fully upright. Standing up straight  What can we really tell about human evolution from our current understanding of the phylogenetic relations of hominids and the sequence of evolution of their traits? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCayG4IIOEQ </p><p>Humans share many traits with other apes, and those other "apes" (i.e., non-human apes) don't have unique features that set them apart from humans. Humans have some features that are uniquely our own, but so do gorillas, chimps, and the rest. Hominid evolution should not be read as a march to human-ness (even if it often appears that way from narratives of human evolution). Students should be aware that there is not a dichotomy between humans and apes. Humans are a kind of ape. EVOLUTIONISM http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_07 see also http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/ </p>