HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: The Earliest Human Ancestors

Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, so it might seem like they are good models for the kind of ape that human ancestors evolved from. But what do we really know about the earliest human ancestors?  Were they chimpanzee-like? In this video, Ashley Hammond, Associate Curator of Biological Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, synthesizes research she and other colleagues have conducted to better understand the origins of our lineage. This Zoom webinar aired February 17, 2022, as part of the ongoing HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic series. 

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