Early Human Traits Not Delivered in Single Package (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Early Human Traits Not Delivered in Single Package (3 of 3)

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This is an evolutionary timeline of important anatomical, behavioral and life history characteristics that were once thought to be associated with the origin of the genus Homo or earliest H. erectus. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the July 4, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Susan C. Antón at New York University in New York, N.Y., and colleagues was titled, "Evolution of early Homo: an integrated biological perspective."

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[Image courtesy of Ant&#243;n <i>et al., Science</i>/AAAS 2014]

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