Revolutionary fossil find reveals secrets of early human movement

[ad_1] Recent research on the inner ear structures of the fossil ape Lufengpithecus offers new clues about the evolutionary steps towards human bipedalism, revealing the important role of the inner ear and climate change in this evolutionary journey. Reconstruction of locomotor behavior and paleoenvironment of Lufengpithecus. Credit: Illustration by Xiaocong Guo; image courtesy of Xijun … Read more