Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...

The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

A small group of ancient humans discovered in South Asia has the potential to change evolution as most people know it.

Remarkably preserved footprints of Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei offer direct evidence that extinct hominin species ...

Study provides first evidence of different bipedalism styles on same footprint surface, attributed to both species.

Early humans of Homo juluensis had a large head shape, with measurements notably larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo ...

A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he may have found a new human species called Homo juluensis, which includes ...

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and ...

A 1.5-million-year-old lakebed from Kenya shows two ancient human relatives cohabitating an environment, shaking up our ...

Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...

Scientists have discovered a new human species that went extinct 200,000 years ago which had large heads and immense teeth.