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 ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

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 ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

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.

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