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Millions of years ago our primate ancestors turned from trees and shrubs in search of food on the ground. In human evolution, that has made all the difference. The change marked a significant step toward the diverse eating habits that became a key human characteristic, and would have made these early humans more mobile and adaptable to their environment.
September 14, 2015 Tags: Africa, baboons, diet evolution, human ancestors, Human evolution, isotope analysis
| Category: Natural Sciences, Uncategorized
It seems that “Lucy” was not the only hominin on the block in northern Africa about 3 million years ago. A team of researchers that included Johns Hopkins University geologist Naomi Levin has announced the discovery of a partial foot skeleton with characteristics (such as an opposable big toe bone) that don’t match those of Lucy, the human ancestor (or hominin) known to inhabit that region and considered by many to be the ancestor of all modern humans.
March 30, 2012 Tags: A. afarensis, Afar region, Africa, Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Burtele foot, Burtele hominin, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Ethiopia, hominin, how humans learned to walk upright, human ancestors, Human evolution, Johns Hopkins University, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Lucy, Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Naomi Levin, Yohannes Haile-Selassie
| Category: Academic Disciplines, Homewood Campus News, Natural Sciences, University-Related
