In this paper I will discuss the evolution of modern man – Homo sapiens. The process of evolution is traced back from the oldest fossils that belong to genus Homo, throughout archaic species of Homo sapiens and their immediate relatives - concluding the biological evolution with the fully anatomically modern man. In addition to reviewing fossil material that also serves as a chronological marker of evolution, the development of Homo sapiens is seen through environmental factors and geographical space. So primarily, areas covered in this paper include eastern and southern parts of Africa and also the northern boundary area of the same continent, but also covers the wider Eurasian region - from the Levant in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. This paper deals with different models of origin and dispersal of species, but also focuses on the possibility of contact with other contemporaneous species. Finally, work focuses on technological, social and cognitive aspects of human evolution, supporting the facts by material evidence and symbolic evaluation of material.