我们祖先的远古生长突增

We often think of our ancestors as being a similar size to us, but they were actually much smaller, finds Michael Marshall A S SOMEONE who writes a lot about human evolution and archaeology, I’ve seen a great many artists’ impressions of prehistoric people. Some are remarkably believable, closely tied to scientific findings as much as possible. Others, not so much. I twitch every time I see a reconstruction of an African or tropical hominin with northern-European- style pale skin, and the twitches escalate whenever I see hairless hominins wandering around naked in temperate regions like Britain. Put something on or you’ll die. …