An international collaboration study reveals how evolution and locomotion patterns, such as bipedalism, shaped bone ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Evolution is often deemed irreversible. The evolution of complex traits that require many mutations makes their reversal unlikely. Even in ...

Human flexibility in shoulders and elbows originated from ancient apes' need for safe tree descent. A new study reveals chimpanzees, unlike monkeys, used their upper limbs as a braking system, ...

Researchers at the University of Vienna, along with collaborators from France, Germany, Switzerland and the USA, have achieved a major breakthrough in understanding how genetic drivers influence the ...

Supraordinal relationships of primates and their time of origin -- A molecular classification for the living orders of placental mammals and the phylogenetic placement of primates / MS Springer, WJ ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

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