Homo habilis: The oldest and most complete skeleton discovered to date

An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

2-million-year-old skeleton reveals unexpected ape-like features in early human species

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...
Ancient Origins

Earliest Homo Looked Nothing Like A Human, Skeleton Suggests

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...
Science News

Little Foot’s shoulders hint at how a human-chimp common ancestor climbed

Little Foot, a nearly complete hominid skeleton painstakingly excavated from rock inside a South African cave, shouldered a powerful evolutionary load. This 3.67-million-year-old adult female sports ...
Nature

Neural crest origins of the neck and shoulder

The neck and shoulder region of vertebrates has undergone a complex evolutionary history. To identify its underlying mechanisms we map the destinations of embryonic neural crest and mesodermal stem ...
New York Post

Cops shocked to find ‘human’ skeleton with hook for hand, bird on shoulder

UK police officers were left red-faced after responding to reports of human bones -- only to find out it was actually a fake pirate skeleton. Jam Press It was a humerus mistake. After responding to ...