Human ancestors' body size jumped to ~132 pounds with the emergence of Homo erectus roughly 2 million to 2.5 million years ago, challenging the assumption that our ancestors gradually grew larger

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https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Research-News/Bigger-bodies-were-a-late-addition-for-humans