A study of bone strength is providing new evidence about human evolution, according to Phys.org. The outlet reported the findings on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
The Keck School of Medicine of USC also covered the research, describing it as a study of bone strength that offers new clues about how humans evolved. Neither report included the full methods or resu
Separately, Sci.News reported on fossil evidence suggesting that early Homo had stopped climbing trees by roughly 1.8 million years ago. That finding speaks to a long-standing question about when homi
Bone structure is one line of evidence researchers use to examine that shift. Bones respond to the loads placed on them, so the strength and shape of fossil remains can hint at how an individual moved
The reports as summarized do not name the researchers, the journal, or the specific fossils examined, and no figures from the bone strength work were provided.
What to watch: fuller publication of the bone strength findings, which should clarify the sample studied and how it bears on the timing of the tree-climbing transition.
A new study links bone strength to questions about when early human ancestors stopped climbing trees, according to repor