Little Foot’ does not fit into any known species, prompting the suggestion that an as-yet unidentified human ancestor may ...

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

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

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

For years, a small set of foot bones from Ethiopia sat at the center of a quiet puzzle, so scientists kept circling back to ...

The Day Science Fell for One of the Most Absurd Hoaxes Ever On December 18, 1912, a group of distinguished gentlemen gathered ...

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