Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...

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

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

When paleoanthropologists finally freed the skeleton called Little Foot from its stone prison in South Africa, they believed ...

Immense progress has been made over many years of archaeology and study into human evolution, and exciting new information has been uncovered via archaeology.

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system ...

Jaw fossils found in northern Greece have been cited in claims that human evolution began in Europe rather than Africa. This ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

Looks can be deceiving -- Many trees in the forest : the DNA quest to find our closest ape relative -- The great divorce : how and when did humans and chimpanzees part ways? -- A population crash in ...

Lucy is popularly depicted as being hairy, but new evidence suggests she wasn't. The discovery prompts new questions about the history of nudity. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...