The rotating shoulders and extending elbows that allow humans to reach for a high shelf or toss a ball with friends may have first evolved as a natural braking system for our primate ancestors who ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

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Fossils of Danuvius guggenmosi discovered in Bavaria and dated to about 11.62 million years ago suggest that some apes in Europe may have combined tree climbing with upright walking far earlier than ...