Science News for Kids » primate evolution http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Shoulder bones fuel debate http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/shoulder-bones-fuel-debate/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:47:06 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14895 This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

Fossil shoulder blades suggest an ancient humanlike species may have been at home in the trees as well as on the ground ]]> This shoulder blade is from a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees. Credit: Courtesy of Zeresenay Alemseged/Dikika Research Project

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