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A new model for human origins in Africa upends commonly held beliefs about our evolution
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCabinet of replica human fosil skulls. From a college dept of Anthropology.kickstand via Getty...
Chimpanzees in Tanzania help British scientists solve mystery of why humans walk on two legs
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChimpanzees are helping scientists based at British and American universities to solve one of the...
300,000-year-old skull discovered in China could potentially reshape human history
NextShark via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn international team of researchers in China discovered an ancient skull that defies conventional...
Science news this week: Lucy’s legs and ancient rock art
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis / An image of a rock painting...
Ancient skull found in China is from 'third kind of human'
Yahoo News UK· 10 months agoThe skull has unusual features. (Journal of Human Evolution) Journal of Human Evolution A skull...
Mysterious skull points to a possible new branch on human family tree
Popular Science· 10 months agoSome newly discovered specimens could shake up the timeline of hominid evolution. A 300,000 year-old...
This Tacoma professor spent years in Africa rewriting what we know about evolution
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen did our ancestors go from walking on all fours to just two? It’s a question that researchers...
Inside the cave where a nonhuman species carved mysterious symbols
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoDiscoveries within the Cradle of Humankind’s limestone caves in South Africa are changing the way...
Our primate ancestors may have learned to walk while still in the treetops
SYFY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToo often, in popular media, primitive humans have been depicted as unintelligent and brutish. We...
New study suggests oldest known human ancestors could walk upright
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew analysis of ancient leg and arm bones found in Chad in 2001 has led researchers to conclude that...