Ancient Human Ancestors Got Substantially Bigger 2 Million Years Ago – When They Started Walking Upright And Eating Meat
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Ancient Human Ancestors Got Substantially Bigger 2 Million Years Ago – When They Started Walking Upright And Eating Meat

Our hominin ancestors didn't just gradually get bigger; they jumped in size around the time of the emergence of bipedalism, though some lineages – including the "hobbit" – bucked the trend entirely.