An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

Short ancient humans in Indonesia called Homo floresiensis disappeared possibly due to severe drought that gripped their ...

Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to be member of ape-like human ancestor family that lived nearly 2 million ...

Another twist has been added to the puzzling mix that is early human ancestry with evidence that one of the most complete pre ...

Back in 1974, scientists discovered 40 percent of a single hominin skeleton known as Lucy at the Hadar site in Ethiopia, which rose to prominence as the most complete early human ancestor ever found.

A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot reveals that two early hominin species lived together - A. deyiremeda and A. afarensis.

A team of researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed the introduction of a new human ...

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts. New research suggests at least some key distinctions date back earlier than ...

A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to ...

A study by University of Liverpool researchers reveals that the species hardest to detect—those rarely seen, recorded, or ...