The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new ...
The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists’ understanding of the origins of ...
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
Take a closer look at your hands—they carry millions of years of evolutionary history, connecting you to our closest primate ...
He is associated with a new series of podcasts on human evolution ... debate about whether the chimpanzee is our best model for the starting point: the “last common ancestor”.
Lucy quickly became a celebrity of the fossil record. As a kid growing up in Connecticut, Johanson got a book from a neighbor ...
We break down some common myths about our early human ancestors—and what makes our species, ‘Homo sapiens,’ so different from ...
Its fossilized anatomy offered evidence of early human upright ... debate about whether the chimpanzee is our best model for the starting point: the "last common ancestor". Better to call it ...