Public Release: 7-Nov-2017
Height and weight evolved at different speeds in the bodies of our ancestors
University of Cambridge
A wide-ranging new study of fossils spanning over four million years suggests that stature and body mass advanced at different speeds during the evolution of hominins - the ancestral lineage of which Homo sapiens alone still exist.
Published today in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the research also shows that, rather than steadily increasing in size, hominin bodies evolved in "pulse and stasis" fluctuations, with some lineages even shrinking.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc-haw102617.php
