Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers.

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

For decades, the story seemed settled: one early human species left Africa and spread across the world. But a new study ...

Ella Al-Shamahi explores the complexities of our past by meeting the fascinating human species we once shared the planet with ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little Foot,” fossil an exquisitely preserved hominin found in South Africa’s ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ...