Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers.

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 ...

Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

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

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a new human species that went extinct 200,000 years ago in China. They found the remains of 16 individuals, which featured large heads, wide skulls and immense teeth. Their ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The major new science series is coming to BBC Two and iPlayer In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution and ...

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 ...