Sentences with phrase «ancient hominins did»
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.
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But what was an ancient - looking hominin like this doing in Indonesia?
«For me personally, I think Africa is still a strong contender for the split between chimpanzees, bonobos and whatever ends up with us, ancient hominins, but they are certainly putting forward a case in these two papers that is well worth archaeologists, paleoanthropologists, experts in the field, looking again at the record and thinking of if the African story does still stack up.»
That's what scientists who study ancient humans will likely be doing following the revelation of a new technique that enables the recovery of hominin DNA directly from sediments without the need for fossils.
«Once we've refined our technique to the point that we need smaller sample amounts and are able to obtain ancient hominin fossils from Africa, we may eventually be able to classify them into two groups — those that have Gc - CS and those that do not.