Uncategorized

  1. 19864

    A simpler explanation for orangutans walking upright like humans is that this feature evolved in a common ancestor that did not include African apes. In other words, orangutans, not chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives. This would make sense of all the similarities in sexuality, reproduction, physiology, anatomy, and behavior that are unique to humans […]

    By Science News
  2. Anthropology

    Red-Ape Stroll

    Wild orangutans regularly walk upright through the trees, raising the controversial possibility that the two-legged stance is not unique to hominids.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Earth

    Signs of Life?

    Life's effects on a planet's terrain show up only in surprisingly subtle ways.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Humans

    Letters from the August 4, 2007, issue of Science News

    Here comes the sun When “Reaching for Rays: Scientists work toward a solar-based energy system” (SN: 5/26/07, p.