One model of hominin evolution is illustrated by the ... anagenetic evolution). Cladogram: a branching diagram that represents only phylogenetic relationships among organisms (i.e., it does ...

Aa Aa Aa Until recently, the evolutionary events that surrounded the origin of the hominin lineage — which includes modern humans and our fossil relatives — were virtually unknown, and our ...

What they say about the creatures, supplemented by other sorts of evidence, is fully consistent with a surviving hominin species, or one that only went extinct within the last 100 years.

But a new analysis of the hand of Ardipithecus, published today (February 24) in Science Advances, indicates that the hominin was likely capable of swinging beneath the branches of trees, as ... Lab ...