Human evolution is a complex topic that's easy to misunderstand and many myths persist about the past, present, and future of the human species.

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

A 2020 Journal of Human Evolution paper showed that Sahelanthropus ’ femur was like that of a chimp-like quadruped — in other words, it didn’t walk upright, and it wasn’t a human ancestor.

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...

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How did the evolutionary ancestors of Homo sapiens separate from the ancestors of modern apes? A key ingredient leading to modern human beings, according to researchers at the University of ...

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...

Thanks to the uniqueness of the Homo sapiens chin, while we have a rich set of possible explanations for its evolutionary purpose, in the absence of convergent evolution, we have no sensible way of ...