What are some of the most significant unanswered questions in the field of human evolution?

Mar 29, 2012 ... Discovered in Burtele, Ethiopia, recently unearthed right foot bones are about 3.4 million years old and is thought to belong to a new species. Aug 30, 2020 ... According to the "cultural brain hypothesis," humans evolved large brains and great intelligence in order to keep up with our complex social ... Mar 31, 2013 ... The idea that humans evolved to dance. It is more radical than it may initially seem. People, I argue, need to dance in order to become human. Dec 6, 2008 ... For perhaps more remarkably yet, nowhere in The Descent of Man did Darwin directly confront the idea that the human species might even in ... Mar 14, 2025 ... It is a deep question, from deep in our history: When did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic evidence suggests our ... Mar 6, 2014 ... Evolution of the human lineage was triggered when a primate population came down out of the trees and encountered new selection pressures on the savanna. Nov 7, 2023 ... Chimps and humans split from a common primate ancestor around 7 million years ago. And we've each been moving along our own evolutionary ... Mar 5, 2020 ... How Did Humans Evolve? The story of human origins is complicated since our ancestors swapped genes (and probably skills). ... How Did Humans ... May 6, 2021 ... Fossil apes are essential to reconstruct the 'starting point' from which humans and chimpanzees evolved. How Did Humans Evolve Big Brains?: The growth of big brains is energetically expensive and so their evolution can occur only under certain favorable ...