What does MPI stand for? MPI stands for Major Periodic Inspection (aviation industry) Suggest new definition This definition appears somewhat frequently and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:
Scientists agree that our early ancestors, Homo erectus, first appeared in Africa 1â2 million years ago. They spread throughout the world and evolved into ancient humans. Most believe that modern humans evolved in Africa, and gradually replaced all the other ancient humans (the 'Out-of-Africa' theory). Some scientists believe that ancient humans may have evolved into modern humans all over the world at around the same time (the 'multiregional' theory). Either way, by about 30,000 years ago, we â Homo sapiens â were the only humans left on the planet. The 'multiregional' and 'Out-of-Africa' theories.
Early human migrations and expansions of archaic and modern humans across continents began 2 million years ago with the migration out of Africa of Homo erectus. This was followed by the migrations of other pre-modern humans including H. heidelbergensis, the likely ancestor of both modern humans and Neanderthals. reconstruction of Homo erectus. Anthropologists believe that H. erectus was the first hominid to control fire (reconstruction shown in Westfaelisches WestfÃ¤lisches, Landesmuseum, Herne, germany in a 2006). exhibition