Discovery of partial skeleton suggests ruggedly built, tree-climbing human ancestor

Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 18:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A human ancestor characterized by "robust" jaw and skull bones was a muscular creature with a gorilla-like upper body and more adaptive to its environment than previously thought, scientists have discovered.

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