Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...
A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human ...
Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system ...
Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...
An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...
Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Our hands can reveal a lot about how a person has lived – and that’s true for early human ancestors, too. Different activities such as climbing, grasping or hammering place stress on ...
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 ...