tool use may have driven the further evolution of the human hand. Individuals whose hands happened to be better adapted for tool use would tend to be better nourished and to successfully raise ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
A new study reveals that early humans' ability to use tools precisely may have been pivotal in human evolution. By recording ...
Chimpanzees use tools in sequences, planning and adapting actions like humans. This suggests the roots of complex human ...
Imagine our early human ancestors standing in the ancient landscapes, thoughtfully examining rocks, deciding which to use for ...
Research indicates that the complex behaviors used in human language and tool making, such as organizing actions into sequences, may have evolved in our common ancestors with chimpanzees. This study ...
Chinese scientists have discovered dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, which are the earliest ones found in East Asia in terms of the evolution process towards Homo sapiens, the species ...
"Technological innovations were crucial for human evolution," says Karakostis. "We are interested in what cognitive developments were necessary for the use of relatively simple stone tools—and ...
In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...
These dates are only approximate, as the tools have been dated from the environments they were found in. This is often the layer of sediment that surrounds the tool. Dating can be done by ...