By standing upright, hominids had less need of hair to keep heat out, except on the head and shoulders. The advantages of height might also explain the evolution over time of taller hominids.

Archeological research into hominid artifacts Paleolithic hominids and their development of tools The evolution of hominids and modern humans Human migration out of ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying principle of biology today, is that all species are related to one another like ...

At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...

In other words, evolution and the second law of thermodynamics ... gave rise to two separate lineages, one resulting in ...

It’s possible, though, that Danuvius independently evolved a form of upright walking on tree branches that had nothing to do with the appearance of a two-legged gait in hominids, says DeSilva ...

The hominids were mistakenly believed to have ... outlook in the scientific community toward the history of our species' ...