"Our study points to a three-step evolution of human bipedalism," Dr. Harrison said. "First, the earliest apes moved in the trees in a style that was most similar to aspects of the way that ...

While our current research has shed light on the evolution of the human heart, our work analyzing the hearts of endangered ...

"Human evolution has occurred both due to, and in spite of, the placenta. Every pregnancy, unthinkingly, must navigate a ...

Often, the dancing ape looked over her shoulder or otherwise checked to make sure her viewer — another gibbon, or a human ...

I am making no judgement about whether or not they are on the human lineage, but they are included in this chapter to produce a measure of continuity between them and their fossil ape precursors. They ...

A research team, including academics from the University of Warwick, has suggested that apes can understand the communicative ...

The knee has undergone major changes to its size and shape, not only to allow early humans to walk upright, but also to ...

The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ... We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time ...

in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp's) SPECIAL FEATURES: oldest known hominin; set apart from other fossil apes by smaller canines, thicker and larger cheek teeth, and more ...

While our current research has shed light on the evolution of the human heart, our work analysing the hearts of endangered great apes continues. Sadly, cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in ...