New insights into how the human hand evolved from our ape-like ancestors

The human hand is an evolutionary marvel. While other primates rely on their hands for locomotion and basic grasping, ours ...
Earth.com

Human wrists resemble those of gorillas and chimpanzees more than any other primate group, suggesting we used to knuckle-walk

A new study of wrist bones suggests human ancestors may have shared a knuckle-walking past with chimpanzees and gorillas.
Scientific American

Did the last common ancestor of humans and apes walk like a gorilla? A new study offers a clue

Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last ...
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She Was Half Ape, Half Human—and She May Hold the Secret to What Makes Us Who We Are

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A 4.4-million-year-old female skeleton named Ardi may ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Is Nearly Every Person Right-Handed—but Not Every Ape and Monkey? New Research Explores the Evolutionary Origins of Human Handedness

Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research ...
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The True Story of the Soviet Scientist Who Tried to Breed a ‘Human-Ape’ Hybrid

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Zoologist Ilia Ivanov was the Soviet researcher who proverbially flew too close to the sun when it came to the fantasy of a human-ape hybrid. Around ...
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New ape genome reveals non-human DNA structures

Recent groundbreaking research into ape genomes has uncovered mysterious non-human DNA structures that challenge our traditional understanding of genetics. This discovery not only reshapes our ...