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Lucy, our early human ancestor, may have died after falling from a tree
A representative model of the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton of Lucy, on display in Ethiopia. Credit: AFP/Getty Images Lucy, a famous early human ancestor that lived about 3.2 million years ago ...
We modeled how early human ancestors ran—and found they were surprisingly slow
Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...
The discovery that rewrote human evolution theory turns 50
"It really showed us without a doubt that the skeleton was ... led to the classification of entirely new species of early human. Lucy's kind are now called Australopithecus afarensis, in honor ...
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Simulations of hominin Lucy help show how long distance running evolved in modern humans
They added Lucy's skeleton and then added muscular features ... adaptation along with muscle fiber evolution likely allowed early humans to run farther as they evolved. More information: Karl ...
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7,200-Year-Old Skeleton Offers Clues to Early Human Migration
Researchers have discovered a 7,200-year-old skeleton of a young woman in a cave in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, that provides new insight into the migration patterns of early humans. DNA from the ...