A new study explains how climbing down trees helped shape upright posture in early primates and changed the course of evolution.
Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their ...
Vertical locomotion in arboreal mammals is shaped by a complex interplay of body mass, limb proportions, grasping abilities, and head mass, and primates use distinct upright postures during descents.
Study: Hominins had a taste for high-carb plants long before they had the teeth to eat them, providing first evidence of behavioral drive in the human fossil record As early humans spread from lush ...
Ian Towle receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). Luca Fiorenza receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). For decades, small grooves on ...
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Did humans really evolve from primates? Here’s what we know
It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...
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