Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last ...

The evolutionary journey from primitive plesiadapiforms to early primates during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs represents a critical chapter in mammalian history. Fossil records from these periods ...

A prehistoric hominin that lived more than four million years ago in Ethiopia may have climbed like a chimp and walked a bit like a human. Known as Ardipithecus ramidus – or Ardi for short – this ...

For decades, anthropologists believed that thin grooves etched into ancient human teeth were the earliest evidence of tool use—primitive toothpicks used to clean teeth or ease gum pain. These marks, ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Primates - the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans - first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously ...

Thirteen million years ago, a medium-sized monkey known for guarding its territory among the treetops with a fearsome "howl" started doing something new. This monkey, one of the oldest known ancestors ...