Human evolution - New Scientist
The story of human evolution begins in Africa 7 million years ago. Anthropological models based on fossils from the human evolutionary tree. P.PLAILLY/E.DAYNES/SCIENCE PHOTO …
The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human …
Dec 13, 2023 · Extinct hominins also managed to settle in extreme places. For instance, we now know that hominins like the Denisovans lived on the frigid heights of the Tibetan plateau …
Introduction: Human Evolution - New Scientist
Sep 4, 2006 · In 2004, the remains of a tiny and mysterious human species, that may have lived as recently as 13,000 years ago, was discovered on an Indonesian island. More bones of the …
Human evolution news, articles and features | New Scientist
human evolution. Humans How the evolution of citrus is inextricably linked with our own Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost a gene for producing vitamin C and got a taste for citrus. Since ...
How did humans evolve from apes? - New Scientist
Many parents dread the moment when a child asks where they came from. Charles Darwin found the subject awkward too: On the Origin of Species makes almost no mention of human evolution.
Timeline: Human Evolution - New Scientist
Sep 4, 2006 · 5.5 MYA. Ardipithecus, early “proto-human” shares traits with chimps and gorillas, and is forest-dwelling. 4 MYA. Australopithecines appear. They have brains no larger than a …
Timeline: Human Evolution - New Scientist
Aug 25, 2006 · 55 million years ago (MYA) First primitive primates evolve, lives in the shadow of the dinosaurs 8 - 6 MYA First gorillas evolve. Later, chimp and human lineages diverge 5.8 …
Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our …
Apr 1, 2020 · Humans Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our species. Forget the simple out-of-Africa idea of how humans evolved. A huge array of fossils and …
Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution | New Scientist
Nov 27, 2013 · One Neanderthal, whose DNA Reich obtained from a toe bone, had almost no diversity in about one-eighth of the genome: both copies of each gene were …
Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them
May 3, 2017 · Here is New Scientist’s primer to help you understand a little bit more about seven of the most important human species in our evolutionary tree. Homo habilis (“handy” man) …