Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives ... ancestors who lived around 4.4 million years ago — and Australopithecus, which appeared about 2 million years later.

Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

Australopithecus split into several different species. Some developed powerful teeth and jaws and became known as 'robust' while others were more lightly built and dubbed 'gracile'. HOMO HABILIS ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split ... The 3.5-million-year-old Laetoli canine belonging to Australopithecus afarensis is the oldest ...

It is not clear whether Homo habilis developed directly from Australopithecus, but if so, it is likely to have been from one of the gracile, rather than robust species. Homo habilis was an ...

Today, only one kind of hominid remains: Homo sapiens sapiens ... With the discovery of several more Australopithecus fossils in 1936 and 1947, this time of adult specimens, Dart's view began ...

Scientists have identified at least four hominid species—in addition to our own, Homo sapiens—that lived ... was the first evidence of the species Australopithecus africanus.

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

Furthermore, the traditional term "australopithecine," which grouped Australopithecus and Paranthropus ... floresiensis) and the enigmatic Homo species from Dmanisi have dramatic implications ...