where he is researching the evolution of the human jaw. The Illinois native, who plans to spend an additional year conducting ...

Many primates have wisdom teeth to grind down their fibrous food, yet ours appear to be getting crowded out as the human jaw gets smaller with a soft diet. However sometimes evolution finds a good ...

CHIEF SPECIMENS: cranium, jaw fragments, teeth found in western Chad, 2001 WHEN LIVED (est., in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp ...

One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ancestors. It was also the height of scientific racism.

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

The most primitive hominid yet found, this species has more chimpanzee-like features than any other human ancestor ... as well as a jaw and large teeth that were well adapted to chewing.

The slow loris, a nocturnal primate from tropical regions, is often seen as one of nature's "dumbest" animals due to its ...

but little did he know just how much it would alter our understanding of human evolution. More fossils were unearthed; a complete lower jaw, parts of a ribcage, pelvis and shin bones, ultimately ...

Well, let’s look at the jaw. The wisdom teeth had erupted so she was an adult ... Stephen Filmer CNN: In the field of human ...

2000). These findings were artificial in the sense that the prompting signal was experimentally administered; nonetheless, they were significant in showing that a chicken's jaw could produce teeth ...

Are you tired of the same old anime magazines? What Is Waifu Monthly Magazine? It's a fresh take on otaku culture. Thi ...

2000). These findings were artificial in the sense that the prompting signal was experimentally administered; nonetheless, they were significant in showing that a chicken's jaw could produce teeth ...