For decades, the story seemed settled: one early human species left Africa and spread across the world. But a new study ...

Would we still see our humanity in the same way if other hominin species – from Australopithecus to Neanderthals – hadn't gone extinct? Reader Question: We now know from evolutionary science that ...

Australopithecus afarensis was one of the longest-lived and best known early human species. The species, whose most famous fossil 'Lucy' comes from Ethiopia, roamed the Earth around 3.2 million years ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

The classification of one of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever discovered, the skeleton known as Little Foot, has been called into question by an international research team led from La ...

TWO extinct ancient human ancestors have been discovered in our DNA. Early humans met members of the mysterious species in locations across Asia, scientists claim in a new study. Humans bred with ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have evolved testicles of all different sizes. In almost all these separate cases, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ...

Bones and teeth of the newly described 'hominin' who roamed Southeast Asia more than 50,000 years ago have been unearthed by scientists A NEW tribe of 4ft humans with curved fingers and toes has been ...