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Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

A cross-species analysis finds upright walking followed by brain growth drove the shift to a population-level right-hand bias.

Study Links Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Brain Expansion

Study Ties Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Bigger Brains

Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Ancient DNA Study Finds 479 Human Gene Variants Shaped by Selection

Ancient DNA Study Finds Recent Selection Shaped Hundreds of Human Genes

PNAS Nexus Study Argues Human Grammar Evolved to Showcase Wit

New Species Crocodylus lucivenator, Likely Predator of 'Lucy,' Described From Ethiopia

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

New Study Finds Human Chin Is an Evolutionary Byproduct

Study Links Humans’ Use of Fire to Evolution in Burn-Response Genes

Oldest, Most Complete Homo Habilis Skeleton Described From Kenya

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Anchor African Ancestors Near Modern Human Roots

NYU-Led Reanalysis Points to Bipedalism in 7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage