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Major Hominin Body‑Size Jump Identified Around 2 Million Years Ago

Researchers link the sudden size increase to shifts in locomotion, diet, range expansion in later Homo

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Nature Study Links 2009 Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Study Recasts Ardi’s 4.4-Million-Year-Old Ankle, Blending Ape-Like Climbing With Early Bipedal Traits

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power

Denisovan-Derived MUC19 Variant Rose in the Americas, Study Finds

Ledi-Geraru Teeth Reveal Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisting With Early Homo

2.8-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Teeth Reveal Early Homo and Australopithecus Coexistence

New Study Reveals Complex Hand Adaptations in Early Hominins

50 Years Later, Lucy's Discovery Still Shapes Human Evolution Studies

Lucy: The Fossil That Transformed Our Understanding of Human Evolution