The Father Of All Apes?
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Spanish anthropologists, intrigued by a single fossil tooth found near a Catalonian village, dug up more of the animal's stony skeleton and announced they have discovered what may be the last common ancestor of ...
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&quot;Dating the beginnings of bipedalism is very important in the human story because, for many experts, it would mark a clear divergence from the ancestral/ape pattern and show that the human lineage had really begun,&quot; said Chris Stringer, director of the
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WASHINGTON - A human ancestor the size of a chimp walked upright six million years ago - about three million years earlier than Lucy, the famous bipedal hominid, researchers say.
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A 13-million-year-old fossil found in Spain may be that of the last common ancestor to all living great apes, including humans, researchers reported Thursday.
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Male chimpanzees have evolved huge testicles and sperm counts for their body size. Among gorillas, females mate only with a dominant male, and accordingly, gorillas&#39; testicles are tiny.
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Female chimps in Senegal are fashioning sticks into spears to hunt and kill their prey. A leading primatologist on what it means for monkeys--and mankind.
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This week: world's "oldest baby" found, "walking" sharks discovered, where neandertals made last stand, genetics expert makes case for faith, and more.
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Science & environment: Desmond Morris transformed our perception of human beings with his 1960s bestseller The Naked Ape.  He talks to Stephen Moss
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No one has ever doubted that, in the beginning, primitive man learned to walk before he could run. But how about it taking three million years for that second part &#151; after the whole walking thing was already down? Or, when it finally happened, the idea that simply being able to run radically propelled our evolution as a species?
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Scientists discover a new group of giant apes in central Africa, which could be a new species of primate.
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Scientists have found fossilised remains of what could be the last common ancestor to all the great apes living today. It will give scientists vital clues in charting the course of primate and, ultimately, human evolution.
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PITTSBURGH - Just in time for Father's Day, tests show that a bull elephant known as a prodigious stud has sired another offspring.  The Louisville Zoo said the tests showed Jackson was the father of Scotty, a male elephant recently born there.
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The basis for laughter may have originated in an ancient primate ancestral to both humans and modern apes, a study suggests.
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - Chimpanzees may have been using stone "hammers" as long as 4,300 years ago.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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Spanish anthropologists, intrigued by a single fossil tooth found near a Catalonian village, dug up more of the animal&#39;s stony skeleton and announced they have discovered what may be the last common ancestor of all the world&#39;s living great apes
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Evangelicals in Kenya want to radically alter one of the world's most important exhibits of fossils recording the ascent of man from primates. By Lakshmi Sandhana.