Could You Outrun ‘Lucy,’ Your 3-Million-Year-Old Ancestor? New Science Says Most Likely
Researchers were able to recreate the running form of the famous hominin. Spoiler: she’s not winning any marathons.
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The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealed
In other words, he believed it to be a so-called “missing link” in the family tree between living apes and Homo sapiens. Dart ...
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See Lucy Run, 3.2 Million Years Ago
Our early human ancestor was capable of running ... at the University of Liverpool and lead author of the paper. “In all probability, she could run only through short bursts of energy rather ...
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Mammoth Bones Used to Build Mysterious 25,000-Year-Old Site in Russia Came From Different Herds
DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...
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Humanity's Ancient Ancestor Found a Way to Survive in a Harsh World
A detailed analysis of these remnants was used to recreate the climate and activity of a direct ancestor of modern humans, ...
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
The reason why all blue-eyed people share the same ancestor - and how the colour spread
Blue eyes have captivated humans for centuries - but how did this rare eye colour come about, and why are people with blue ...
All people with blue eyes can trace their ancestors to coastal region
A pioneering genetic study by Dr Hans Eiberg and his colleagues at the University of Copenhagen has traced the lineage of all ...
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Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story
However, scientists now have strong genetic evidence that supports an African origin of all Homo sapiens. The model, widely ...