
How did humans evolve from apes? - New Scientist
Nearly 4 million years later, our ancestors were still very ape-like. Lucy, a famous 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia, had a small, chimp-sized brain and long arms that ...
Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal - New Scientist
Aug 20, 2008 · When details of Ilia Ivanov’s attempts to create an ape-human hybrid emerged in the 1990s from the newly opened Russian archives, they prompted a rash of lurid headlines. …
Artificial ape man: How technology created humans
Aug 18, 2010 · Archaeologist and anthropologist Timothy Taylor explains how a long-vanished artefact explains human evolution and led to “survival of the weakest”. You begin your book …
South African fossils halfway between ape and human
Sep 8, 2011 · Two fossil skeletons of early humans appear to mark a halfway stage between primitive “ape-men” and our direct ancestors. A year of detailed study has revealed that the …
Paranthropus: How did this bizarre, ape-like early hominin survive …
Nov 20, 2023 · Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that lived on in a world dominated by big-brained early humans. Recent archaeological discoveries, like stone tools, are revealing how …
How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient …
Nov 15, 2024 · Dart named it “Australopithecus africanus: The Man-Ape of South Africa”. It was the first Australopithecus specimen to be identified, and the first evidence that early humans …
American detective finds fresh clues to Piltdown mystery
Jun 16, 1990 · The Piltdown man was a fossil that appeared to be half-man half-ape. In fact, it was … THE TRUE architect of one of the most celebrated scientific hoaxes, that of the …
Chimps are not as superhumanly strong as we thought they were
Jun 26, 2017 · His findings suggest that other apes have similar muscle strength to chimpanzees. “Humans are the odd ones,” he says. O’Neill’s team has been studying the evolution of upright …
Ape behaviour reveals secrets of human evolution - New Scientist
Apr 22, 2009 · The armed ape goes hunting, makes a kill and eats flesh for the first time. Next day, he drives a rival group of apes from a watering hole and murders their leader.
Darwinism made too simple - New Scientist
Dec 2, 1995 · The Ape-Man Within begins with a very basic review of Darwinian history and an overview of the fossil record. The treatment could hardly be authoritative: his field …