How do you move from one place to another? Well, most humans walk. Walking on two legs is a very human trait. Learn how the evolution of bipedal walking changed the course of our history.
Ask An Anthropologist
-
To the Laboratory!
The precious fossils are carefully bound in bubble wrap and placed in fireproof cases. Soon the fossils will have a new home—the laboratory— and the world will get to know all the secrets these fossils have to offer.
Ask An Anthropologist
Ask An Anthropologist is an educational resource for students, teachers, parents, and life-long learners. We encourage anyone interested in anthropology to make use of its content.
Powered by Becoming Human
Becoming human brings together interactive multimedia, research and scholarship to promote greater understanding of the course of human evolution.
If you like being outdoors, digging up bones, and doing science, then check out what it’s like to be an anthropologist.
As humans, we have a place on the primate family tree. We can find it by studying other primates and comparing their traits to our own.
Climate change has been a hot topic in discussions on the future of our global community. But looking into the past is also important. What do we know about how the climate and the environment affected our early ancestors?
