Bipedalism, or walking on two legs, is one of the key features that distinguishes humans from other apes. But when and why ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, according to new research from Monash University. The study, published in the ...

Humans walk heel-first far more consistently than chimpanzees, a strategy that may have helped our ancestors travel farther ...

Modern genomes preserve traces of ancient relatives that mixed with human ancestors in Africa and Eurasia.

Newswise — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New research from a team of anthropologists has found that a species widely accepted to be an ancestor to humans had a brain with characteristics of apes. The research, ...

Biological evolution is recorded in the genomeThe history of life deciphered from DNAAn organism's genome contains not only the information needed to build its current body, but also the remnants of ...

In 2001, researchers unearthed a scattering of fossils beneath the windswept dunes of the Djurab Desert of northern Chad. The remains were later identified as belonging to an extinct species, ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for understanding the evolution of bipedalism—focusing mainly on muscle insertion sites.

A recent study published by the University of California, Berkeley has identified genetic traces of two previously unknown hominin species within the DNA of modern humans. The discovery was made ...

UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of scientists discovered fossilized teeth. UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of international scientists discovered ...