Did Humans Evolve To Run? Hint: We Have Body Parts That Prove It

Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our ...
Inverse

Fossil Evidence Uncovers How Prehistoric Women Had Key Advantages For Endurance Sports

Prehistoric men hunted; prehistoric women gathered. At least, this is the standard narrative written by and about men to the exclusion of women. The idea of “Man the Hunter” runs deep within ...
The Conversation

Forget ‘Man the Hunter’ – physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites assumptions about a gendered division of labor in prehistoric times

Prehistoric men hunted; prehistoric women gathered. At least this is the standard narrative written by and about men to the exclusion of women. The idea of “Man the Hunter” runs deep within ...
Science Daily

This ancient fossil could rewrite the story of human origins

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong anatomical evidence that Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, including a ...