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Sharing a common ancestor
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/sharing-a-common-ancestor/

Humans did not evolve from an ape - we are apes, and our closest living relatives include chimpanzees and gorillas.

Walking on two legs – bipedalism
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/walking-on-two-legs-bipedalism/

Our bipedal body structure is unique amongst living apes. In fact, our ancestors started on the path to becoming human when they began walking on two legs.

How do we know what they ate?
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/how-do-we-know-what-they-ate/

The foods eaten by our ancestors can tell us a lot about their lifestyles and the environments in which they lived. Food has also played a major role in human evolution, particularly when meat became a significant part of the human diet about two million years ago.

How do we know if they could speak?
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/how-do-we-know-if-they-could-speak/

All animals communicate. However, only humans communicate through language, which can be written, spoken or signed. The enormous benefits of language have allowed us to teach others, pass on our culture, discuss the past and future, and promote social relationships.

Homo floresiensis
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-floresiensis/

One of the most controversial and surprising hominin finds in a century.

Paranthropus genus
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/paranthropus-species/

The genus or group Paranthropus currently includes three species, Paranthropus boisei, Paranthropus robustus, and Paranthropus walkeri. They are collectively known as the ‘robusts’ because of their extremely large jaws and molar teeth. They are our distant ‘cousins’ rather than our direct relatives.

The spread of people to Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/the-spread-of-people-to-australia/

Archaeological evidence shows that modern humans had reached South-east Asia by 70,000 years ago and that they had spread to Australia by at least 50,000 years ago.

Humans are primates
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/humans-are-primates/

Humans are members of a particular sub-group of mammals known as the primates (Order Primates).

Homo antecessor
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-antecessor/

This species name is highly debated with many considering the remains to be Homo heidelbergensis. Whatever species they come from, these fossils are the oldest Homo found in Europe.

Australopithecus sediba
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/australopithecus-sediba/

This hominin species was announced in 2010 and has scientists hotly debating its validity as a species and its relationships to other hominins, in particular its relationship to our genus Homo.