The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

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

Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

Iconic ‘Little Foot’ may actually be new human species, scientists say - Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to ...

Short ancient humans in Indonesia called Homo floresiensis disappeared possibly due to severe drought that gripped their ...

A team of researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed the introduction of a new human ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts. New research suggests at least some key distinctions date back earlier than ...

Australian-led study suggests iconic South African skeleton differs from known Australopithecus species, media reports - ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

Homo sapiens are an awfully vain species. We love to go on about our big brains and our opposable thumbs — and the fact is we wouldn’t be good for much at all without them. But there’s one human ...