每年年底，Science杂志都会按惯例评选出十大科学进展。今天Science杂志公布了该刊评选出的2009年度十大科学进展，其中名列第一位的是对Ardipithecus ramidus（始祖种地猿）的化石进行阐释的研究，其余几项研究（与生物相关）包括：雷帕霉素、植物的ABA受体、基因 ...

The first specimen recovered was the subspecific holotype, ALA-VP-2/10, a right mandible with M 3. (Note that subscripts indicate lower teeth, superscripts upper teeth.) Four isolated left lower teeth ...

As of today, humankind may have a new mother, and she looks nothing like we expected her to. Described in a series of papers published Thursday in Science, Ardi — short for Ardipithecus ramidus — ...

Fossils unearthed from an Ethiopian site not far from where the famous hominid Ardi’s partial skeleton was found suggest that her species was evolving different ways of walking upright more than 4 ...

The oldest distinguishing feature between humans and our ape cousins is our ability to walk on two legs – a trait known as bipedalism. Among mammals, only humans and our ancestors perform this ...

An impression of what "Ardi" would have looked like based on the fossil finds An ancient human-like creature that may be a direct ancestor to our species has been described by researchers. The ...

A new method to estimate sexual dimorphism in fossil species near the base of our family tree has been just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), through the joint ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...