Male Neanderthal pelvises resemble those of modern women more closely than modern men—not because women are “less evolved,” but because modern men may be the anatomical outlier. A new study argues tha

Two rare male Neanderthal-lineage pelvises fall with modern women on selected mechanical measurements, leading researchers to propose that the modern male pelvis is the later, walking-specialised form. A pelvis is easy to mistake for a single object with a single job. In reality, it is a crowded piece of evolutionary engineering: a ring that transfers body weight into the legs, anchors large muscles, stabilises the trunk and, in females, forms the ... [11873 chars]