Despite those differences, “upright walking preceded the great ape/human split and likely started in Europe,” Böhme says. Measurements of three Danuvius limb bones, two of which come from the ...

Of all primates living today, only we humans walk fully upright. But Lucy and other fossil finds reveal that more than 3 million years ago, a relatively small-brained, ape-faced human ancestor ...

They have already afforded a glimpse of hominids that were so ape-like in nearly every respect as to accentuate their one human-like trait: upright walking. More than ever, paleontologists say ...

Researchers in Germany have discovered the fossilized bones of a previously unknown species of ape that appeared to walk upright, according to a study published yesterday (November 6) in Nature. The ...