The ape-like human ancestor Australopithecus—perhaps best known from the iconic fossil ‘Lucy’—might not have had much meat on its menu. After examining more than 3.3-million-year-old remains from ...
One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...
The finding also applies to Australopithecus africanus, a closely related species from southern Africa. But the two species did not share the same degree of difference. That gap between them, ...
The experts Josep M. Potau and Neus Ciurana at the Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona. One of the most fascinating periods ...
WASHINGTON — Bipedal locomotion — walking upright on two legs — is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's success. Scientists now have identified two innovations that occurred long ago in the ...
Beyond the research on bone morphology, a UB-led study focuses on soft tissues and expands the methodological tools for understanding how fossil hominids moved throughout the evolution of the human ...