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Wooded grasslands flourished in Africa 21 million years ago – new research forces a rethink of ape evolution

  • Written by Laura M. MacLatchy, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
imageAn ape that lived 21 million years ago was used to a habitat that was both grassy and wooded.Corbin Rainbolt

Human evolution is tightly connected to the environment and landscape of Africa, where our ancestors first emerged.

According to the traditional scientific narrative, Africa was once a verdant idyll of vast forests stretching from coast to...

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