Why it might be time to rethink the human family tree
The way we classify humanity’s ancient relatives is a mess. But there’s a simple fix.
The traditional way we classify our ancestors into Homo, Australopithecus, and Paranthropus may no longer accurately reflect their true relationships, according to a new paper in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology. Scientists are suggesting we might need to rethink the human family tree.
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