Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Are you more ape-like than human?


Today scientist’s reported their analysis of a skeleton from a species that existed 3.3 million years ago. The creature seems to be more ape than human, as it crawls around and doesn’t have a voice-box. The age was estimated from looking at the undeveloped adult teeth, and decided that it compared well with a 3-year-old chimp. However, the brain size was small for a chimp of this age, which makes the species more human. Slow development is thought to be a distinctly human trait, perhaps even more so than standing up straight. This means that it is ape-like to be mature for one’s age. I guess this evens us all out a bit.

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