Known as the Juluren, meaning 'big head people', this ancient species may have lived in China between 300,000 and 50,000 years ago. Scientists believe they would have had a larger brain than any ...
The study analysed chimpanzee pelvic bones and found that females had human-like pelvic characteristics despite having easier births due to small brains, which surprised the scientists.
With the results all pointing in the same direction, and potentially having a strong impact on the "big brain—long childhood" hypothesis, the scientists had to think outside the box to ...