Other exhibits show important stages of human evolution, such as the earliest bipedal creatures and the genus Homo that include Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo ergaster. Lawrence Ramirez, who ...

3D scanning of fossils reveals human bipedalism origins. Early hominins combined bipedal and arboreal movements. Muscle insertion sites provide insights into primate locomotion.

Paleoindians at Wyoming's LaPrele mammoth site made needles from the bones of fur-bearers, likely to creat garments from the animals' furs to keep warm in a cool climate. A Wyoming archaeological ...

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed. A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of ...

Why did the human brain evolve? This study develops a Malthusian growth model with heterogeneous agents and natural selection to explore the evolution of human brain size. We find that if the ...

Human resilience is evident in the adaptive journey of early Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, and Homo erectus, who gradually acclimated to steeper environments until about 1 million years ago. After a ...