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Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats

Anthropologists have long thought that our ape ancestors evolved an upright torso in order to pick fruit in forests, but new research from the University of Michigan suggests a life in open woodlands and a diet that included leaves drove apes' upright stature.

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New Evidence Suggests Apes Became Upright Because of Leaf – Not Fruit – Picking

Stony Brook professor part of international paleontology collaboration re-assessing an ancient ape fossil

United statesStony brookJames rossieLaura maclatchyRobin bernsteinUniversity of michigan professorStony brook universityDepartment of anthropologyResearch on eastern african catarrhineCollege of artsUs national science foundationAssociate professorScience foundationEastern african catarrhineHominoid evolution projectMichigan professor

Did apes evolve upright stature to eat leaves?

"Putting together the locomotion, the diet, and the environment, we basically discovered a new model for ape origins."

United statesRobin bernsteinLaura maclatchyJohn kingstonUniversity of michiganNational science foundationResearch on eastern african catarrhineEastern african catarrhineHominoid evolutionEarly mioceneEast african rift

Africa s grassy habitats emerged much earlier than we thought -- and it s important for ape evolution

This may have driven the evolution of upright apes

Corbin rainboltLaura maclatchyEast africaEastern african catarrhineHominoid evolutionEarly miocene

New evidence pushes open habitats in Africa back by 10 million years

Minneapolis MN (SPX) Apr 16, 2023 - The story of human evolution has long been a tale of a forested Africa that gradually became drier, giving rise to open grasslands and causing our forest-loving ape ancestors to abandon the trees an

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