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Human and ape ancestors arose in Europe, not in Africa, controversial study claims
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWe see different angles of a skull against a black background. The newly identified ape and human...
What did the last common ancestor between humans and apes look like?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWe see a bonobo parent carrying its baby piggyback in the tall grass. The closest living relatives...
Human elbows and shoulders evolved as 'brakes' for climbing ape ancestors
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA chimpanzee climbing a tree Humans have ape ancestors to thank for their flexible shoulders and...
Apes like to playfully tease each other, scientists find
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGreat apes – just like humans – playfully tease each other, scientists have found. An international...
Earliest-known human ancestor who lived nearly 7 million years ago walked upright, study finds
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoWhat may be the earliest-known human ancestor, an ape-man called Sahelanthropus tchadensis who lived...
Inner ear of extinct ape species is overlooked aspect of human bipedal evolution, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIVPP The inner ear may not seem like a particularly bony place, but human ears in fact have three...
Our tree-climbing ancestors evolved our abilities to throw far and reach high
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDartmouth researchers report that apes and early humans evolved more flexible shoulders and elbows...
Extinct ape's inner ear holds clues to how humans learned to walk upright
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn artist’s reconstruction of the locomotor behavior and paleoenvironment of Lufengpithecus. This...
Ape elbows and shoulders evolved differently than monkeys, allowing us to throw with precision
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoChimpanzee in a tree Getty Images/Yannick Tylle Mary Joy is an undergraduate student at Dartmouth...
Could We Create a Planet of the Apes on Purpose?
SYFY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Planet of the Apes series is, without question, the most well-known fictional example of animal uplift, the common name given to the practice of...