Mongrel models and seductive scenarios of human evolution -- Terminology, morphology, genes, and lots of fossils : Apes in space ; Apes in time ; Taproot and branches of our family tree -- Positional ...
A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.
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Early Humans Outsprinted Other Apes in Evolution, Growing a Larger Brain at a Faster Rate
Human evolution is a long and winding tale that goes back millions of years, but one aspect of our anatomy shaped up quickly compared to other mammals: our large brains and flat faces. As these ...
Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature, by Jonathan Leaf (Bombardier, 320 pp., $21) Ever since Darwin, biologists have believed that much could be learned about human nature ...
A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...
Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, palaeoanthropology and its related fields ...
Worldwide, the most frequent causes of disturbances to ape habitats are land conversion for agriculture or logging, a recent study concludes. The study found that the most common ways apes adapted to ...
Ch. 1. The Indelible Stamp -- Ch. 2. Man the Hunter and Other Stories -- Ch. 3. Ape Nature -- Ch. 4. The View from the Pliocene -- Ch. 5. The Hunting People -- Ch. 6. The Ghost in the Gorilla -- Ch. 7 ...
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