Tag: palaeoanthrolopology
Ancient human relative “walked like a human, but climbed like an ape”
New lower back fossils are the “missing link” that settles a decades-old debate proving early hominins used their upper limbs to climb like apes, and their lower limbs to walk like humans.
Apes’ inner ears could hide clues to evolutionary history of hominoids
Studying the inner ear of apes and humans could uncover new information on our species' evolutionary relationships.
New study on early human fire acquisition squelches debate
Fire starting is a skill that many modern humans struggle with, in the absence of a lighter or matches.
A face for Lucy’s ancestor
The 3.8 million-year-old fossil cranium represents a time interval between 4.1 and 3.6 million years ago, when A. anamensis gave rise to A. afarensis.
Researchers used morphological features...