Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...
They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...
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Oldest human ancestor: 7 million-year-old fossil proves bipedal signs, challenges history
Using 3D technology and other methods, the team identified Sahelanthropus’s femoral tubercle, which is the point of ...
A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a ...
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How common is it to have extra bones in your skeleton?
Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...
The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...
In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...
Goosebumps, scientifically known as cutis anserina, are an involuntary response triggered by the contraction of arrector pili ...
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The Top Human Evolution Discoveries of 2025, From the Intriguing Neanderthal Diet to the Oldest Western European Face Fossil
This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...
A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily on two feet. A new analysis of fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal walking go back 7 million years.
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