Sentences with phrase «about ancient hominins»

That's why the most significant applications for ZooMS may be to identify fragmentary fossils and to learn more about ancient hominins» environments — especially the ones they created.

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The study helps settle a long - standing debate about how quickly our ancestors developed a humanlike gait, and shows that ancient hominins didn't have to sacrifice climbing agility to walk upright efficiently.

DNA extracted from the bone belongs to a mysterious ancient hominin that last shared an ancestor with our species and Neanderthals about a million years ago.

An international team of scientists, including one from the University of Colorado Denver and another from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, announced the discovery Thursday of a new species of hominin, a small creature with a tiny brain that opens the door to a new way of thinking about our ancient ancestors.

Each summer, archaeologist Sarah Hlubik treks rutted dirt tracks to a dry riverbed in Kenya, following, approximately, in the footsteps of ancient hominins who camped there about 1.6 million years ago.

All the suggested anatomical and physiological adaptations can be explained by other hypotheses, which fit much better with what we actually know about the ecology of ancient hominins.