Pleistocene-Age Fossils Reveal Hopping Wasn’t Just for Small Kangaroos
New research by paleontologists from the University of Bristol, the University of Manchester and the University of Melbourne…
7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus Fossils Bolster Case for Earliest Upright Walking
For more than two decades, Sahelanthropus tchadensis — a very early (6.7 to 7.2 million years old) hominin…
Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago
In 2009, paleoanthropologists found eight bones from the foot of an ancient human ancestor in 3.4-million-year-old sediments at…
Humans Evolved from African Ape-Like Ancestor, Research Suggests
In new research, paleoanthropologists from the United States and Canada analyzed the morphology of a hominin talus (large…