Our ancestors may have run a million years earlier than we thought
13 March 2020
We thought hominins evolved to run around 2 million years ago – but a study of the famous Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, suggests she could run too
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Monty Python's Silly Walk is exactly 6.7 times more silly than normal
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An analysis of a classic Monty Python sketch suggests the Minister of Silly Walks has a walking style 6.7 times more variable, or silly, than normal walking
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New species of human discovered in a cave in the Philippines
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Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole
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