However, now experts say a skull of an ape found in Turkey in 2015 could challenge ... that ‘retirement is a myth’ — believes the ‘human mechanism’ won’t let you quit.

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like affinities for art and language; self-awareness; and an understanding of ...

Much of that reputation rests on finds from the early 1900s, back when South Africa harbored the best evidence for early human evolution, includingAustralopithecus africanus, at the time our ...

Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in ... but possessed a relatively small ape-like skull. Lucy's foot bones show that she had similar feet ...

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 ...

Darwin's foes protest ape-man connection. While On the Origin of Species does not address human evolution, critics assume (correctly) that Darwin thinks humans are no exception. At a meeting of ...

Hammerschmiede discoveries “highlight how much we don’t know about the evolution of the great ape and human family, and of other primates, during the Miocene in Europe,” Almécija says.

afarensis as "the ape that walked upright" makes it a celebrity species in the story of human evolution. Lucy's pelvis hints that she walked upright on two legs. When her crushed remains were ...