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.

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 ...

The 11.6-million-year-old bones still don’t tell us how members of the genus Homo became bipeds Tree ... apes in Europe strode upright around 5 million years before members of the human ...

The chart of an ape walking on all fours ... around 3 million years ago -- has added other evidence to the tree-theory of human evolution. There are still missing links in the evolution of ...

A newly discovered primate fossil is crucial for illuminating a pivotal event in primate and human evolution--the divergence between the lineage leading to modern monkeys, apes, and humans ...

Such taxonomic changes have downstream effects as well: African apes and humans are now ... And, while other branches of the human evolutionary tree are vigorously debated in the literature ...

Some scientists point to these "tree-dwelling" traits ... afarensis as "the ape that walked upright" makes it a celebrity species in the story of human evolution. Lucy's pelvis hints that she ...

Our ancestors still resembled apes nearly 4 millions years later. This includes Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia, from a group called the australopiths.