Who in fact was our last common ancestor? Bringing together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology, this book provides a new perspective on human evolution. What can fossil apes tell us ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution ... in a vast family tree of life.

But humans cannot claim a giant ape, which is the largest primate ... led some experts to believe it was part of the human family tree, as ancient humans we may have been related to had large ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations to trace back to our common African root in a giant human "tree ... Eurasia contributed to the evolution of anatomically modern ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp's) SPECIAL FEATURES: oldest known hominin; set apart from other fossil apes by smaller canines, thicker and larger cheek teeth, and more ...