This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. What’s believed to be Bach’s skeleton, photographed in 1895 by anatomist Wilhelm His. Andreas Otte examined the left ...
Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.
What was the crucial change that set us on the path to becoming human? Our big brains, with their capacity for language and making complex tools, set us apart from other animals. Our ability to walk ...