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Fossil upends theories about evolution of human ancestors
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 2 months ago
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That could mean long-accepted models of the common ancestor between humans and apes are wrong...The species, called Ardipithecus ramidus, is one million years older than "Lucy," the famous partial female skeleton of a hominid that lived 3.2 million years...
Tags: Ardipithecus, Ethiopian, human ancestors, common ancestors, journal science, ardipithecus ramidus, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Daily Telegraph, UK: Human ancestors 'less ape-like'
Kampala :: Uganda | 7 months ago
Credibility Many experts have argued that this ancestor was probably quite chimpanzee-like. As a result it has been widely assumed that the earliest humans were ape-like too...Dr Jeremy DeSilva, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, analysed video of chimpanzees...
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Earliest modern gait found in ancient footprints
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility More than a million years ago an ancient human ancestor walked across a sandy plain in eastern Africa, leaving footprints that scientists are now hailing as the earliest evidence of modern upright walking. The footprints, dated to between 1.51 million...
Tags: Northern Kenya, human ancestors, Ileret, ancestors walked, oldest evidence, near ileret, footprints showed, homo erectus, human footprints, Africa
Canada.com: Earliest-known human evidence found in S.Africa
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
Credibility A Canadian-led research team probing the dirt floor of a hillside cavern in South Africa has discovered proof that the site was occupied by a hominid species two million years ago, making it the earliest known home of our cave-dwelling human ancestors.
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Fossil Reveals Older Human Presence in Europe
Burgos :: Spain | about 1 year ago
Credibility A fossilized 1.1 million year old jaw found in Spain indicates that people lived in Europe much earlier than previously believed.
Tags: Spain, Europe, Atapuerca, northern spain, human ancestors
Species that stood on hind limbs
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 1 year ago
Credibility A new, more detailed analysis of a fossil thigh bone found eight years ago in Kenya yielded strong evidence that the species Orrorin tugensis stood and walked on its hind limbs. The scientists said this was the earliest known example of pre-human
Tags: walked upright, Kenya, ancestors walked, human ancestors
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