Tracks from two humanlike species crossing paths in ancient Africa shed light on the tale of our specialized locomotion.
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Findings of research on the Dronkvlei Cave System in South Africa, which was funded by the Claire Garber Goodman Fund for the Anthropological Study of Human Culture, have been published in the November/December Issue of the South African Journal of Science.
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In a story debating the oldest archeaological site, anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva argues for Kenya's Lomekwe 3 where stone artifacts were found, while he asknowledged, "some of our colleagues remain unconvinced of the intiquity of these tools." https://www.livescience.com/oldest-archaeological-site.html
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A "New York Times" reviewer writes that in DeSilva's new book, "First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human," the associate professor of anthropology "proposes that our bipedalism is at the root of our uniqueness as a species ... neatly braiding his own research with the wider narrative and history of human evolution."
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Lucy's Brain Was Part Ape, Part Human The famous 3.2-million-year-old Lucy specimen has captivated scientists since it was discovered in 1974. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis, which walked upright and likely used tools. New scans of the inside of Australopithecus skulls reveal these extinct hominins had surprisingly ape-like brains that developed more like human brains. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/04/lucys-brain-was-part-ape-part-human/
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