Any hominid fossil find with molar teeth can be plugged into a new equation that reveals its species' prenatal growth rate. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images Fossilized bones help tell the story of ...

Greater spatial intelligence may have given modern humans an edge over Neanderthals, a new study proposes As you plan for summer vacation, don’t forget to pack one of these reads on Neanderthals, ...

Researchers in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost 2 million years ago. The discovery is described in two papers ...

In life, the creature probably resembled a chimpanzee more than anything else. It moved through a lakeside landscape of grasslands and forest searching for food, accompanied by small bands of its ...

The fossil was found in Spain and included a tooth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ancient upper jawbone discovered in Spain ...

Hominid refers to the family of primates that includes all species on the “human ” side of the evolutionary tree after the split from chimpanzees.. Two reports on the extraordinary discovery appeared ...

Recent discoveries of fossils have provided evidence suggesting intelligent tool use among pre-human species. This groundbreaking research has the potential to reshape our understanding of early ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." “This looks like a section of the mandible,” the user wrote. “Could it be a hominid? Is it usual?” To ...

Those were venturesome steps for some ape-like creatures long ago in Africa. Dropping out of trees, they essayed a novel means of locomotion, for reasons that elude paleoanthropologists. These ...

After toiling for decades on the edge of the Sahara, researchers from France and Chad reported this month that they had found fossils of the oldest and most primitive known member of the human family ...

Thank goodness for the irrepressible urge of humans (and other animals) to joke and play around in nearly any situation. Sometimes, it pays big dividends. It certainly did in 1976, when ...