{"id":25484,"date":"2022-09-16T10:17:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T09:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=25484"},"modified":"2022-09-16T10:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T09:17:17","slug":"palaeontologists-reveal-new-factors-behind-human-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/palaeontologists-reveal-new-factors-behind-human-evolution\/25484\/","title":{"rendered":"Palaeontologists reveal new factors behind human evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
Published in the scientific journal PeerJ, <\/em>the discovery follows research that has been under development since 2015 by the UMA. Scientists were analysing four new human skull specimens: Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus prometheus, Homo naledi\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Homo longi.<\/em><\/p>\n The new research adds juvenile skull samples of modern great apes and brings an innovative approach to our understanding of human evolution. Focusing on the development of the brain, the researchers examined developmental processes in the size of the brain and how this differed between ancestral and derived species.<\/p>\nHuman evolution: similarities to apes<\/h3>\n