Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

An impression of what "Ardi" would have looked like based on the fossil finds An ancient human-like creature that may be a direct ancestor to our species has been described by researchers. The ...

A new method to estimate sexual dimorphism in fossil species near the base of our family tree has been just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), through the joint ...

The oldest distinguishing feature between humans and our ape cousins is our ability to walk on two legs – a trait known as bipedalism. Among mammals, only humans and our ancestors perform this ...

Learn more about Ardipithecus ramidus and how their ankle bone paints a better picture of how our ancestors transitioned from walking like apes to walking up right. Rosie McCall is a London-based ...

Remember Willow Smith? Daughter of Will Smith? Ostensibly a musician because she had that one song? She hasn’t really made much noise, musically, since she was but a little child, only really popping ...

After a series of hints, Willow Smith has indeed released her debut album Ardipithecus Ramidus on December 11. The 15-year-old is credited as the sole writer on 14 of the 15 tracks from the album. Her ...

The first specimen recovered was the subspecific holotype, ALA-VP-2/10, a right mandible with M 3. (Note that subscripts indicate lower teeth, superscripts upper teeth.) Four isolated left lower teeth ...