She Was Half Ape, Half Human—and She May Hold the Secret to What Makes Us Who We Are

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

M’sia’s most accomplished minds

From unearthing Malaysia's oldest human skeleton to establishing archaeology as a recognised discipline, Universiti Sains ...
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4-million-year-old ‘Ardi’ skeleton held secret to humankind’s evolutionary leaps

The skeleton was discovered in 1994 in the Ethiopian Desert and belonged to the species Ardipithecus ramidus. Further investigation revealed that Ardi could walk upright like humans, but had ape-like ...