# When did humans like us originate?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-humans-like-us-originate/1012275 "2024-12-28T21:25:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-humans-like-us-originate/1012275/81 "2025-01-04T13:34:24Z")

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I went digging a bit more, and for example Yuval Harari in _Sapiens_ suggests it’s something he calls the “cognitive revolution”, likely a genetic change about 100,000 years ago distinguished modern humans, who then “took over the world”.

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