uncovered two human ancestors who each provide invaluable insight on humans' evolution from tree climbers to upright walkers. At 4.4 million years old, Ardi, short for Ardipithecus ramidus, is mankind ...

Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations to trace back to our common African root in a giant human "tree." However, a “trellis” model might be more appropriate.

Ancient Fossilized Jawbone Reveals Unknown Human Ancestor, Belongs to 1.4 Million-Year-Old 'Nutcracker Man’ Researchers ...

This arrangement of ancestors explains why you are more ... your view of life's tapestry would be just like that of the tree-thinking human—in this instance, you would appreciate that all ...

Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human family tree, including species ... that some people share ancestry with today. Now, researchers are trying to solve the ...

Their analysis placed the tree-climbing, upright-walking specimen into an evolutionary bracket between the unidentified common human-ape ancestor and the line that led to modern homo sapiens.

Scientists have found evidence that a sudden event in ancient forests gave rise to humankind’s early ancestors. The indirect ...

and Zeresenay Alemseged at California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Calif. was titled, "Australopithecus afarensis Scapular Ontogeny, Function, and the Role of Climbing in Human Evolution." ...

Our early human ancestor was capable of running ... died from a fall out of a tree. Seven years later, a virtual reconstruction of her leg and pelvic muscles — which are not preserved in ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed ... included browsing for fruits, tree leaves and certain flowering plants ...