The Hominid Wheel

Explore human evolution through the lens of Da Vinci's Vitruvian man and insights from a geologist's perspective.

Written byCarl Zimmer
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Mike, a geologist, writes: "Various stages of human evolution around a take of Da Vinci's Vitruvian man."

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