Learn how a new analysis challenges the traditional classifications for ‘Little Foot,’ a famous fossil hominin from South ...

Fossils found in Georgia challenge existing theories of human origins, suggesting two early human species coexisted at the Dmanisi site.

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones — which is crucial for ...

Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going. Fossilized footprints preserved in rock do the same – they record instants ...

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

Learn how a digitally reconstructed 1.5-million-year-old fossil from Ethiopia is reshaping ideas about what early human ...

National Research Council (U.S.) Board on Earth Sciences and Resources "The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it ...