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Scientists want to fold Australopithecus into our own genus, rewriting the human family tree

The names scientists give to humanity’s ancient relatives are more than labels. They encode a story about who counts as close kin and who sits on a separate branch of the family tree. Now a researcher ...
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Early human fossils found in cave are a million years older than expected

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Fossils of early ...
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Australopithecus findings could rewrite how we classify millions of years of human evolution

・The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the human fossil record. ・A Monash University researcher proposes placing ...
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Meat was not on the menu for human ancestor Australopithecus

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have ...
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Australopithecus findings could rewrite how we classify millions of years of human evolution

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Monash University research argues our Paranthropus (pictured) and Australopithecus ancestors who lived up to 5 million years ...