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

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

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

This year, researchers made impressive discoveries across 3 million years of human evolution, most of which relied on DNA, ...

An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the ...

Is it in the way we live, laugh and love? Or maybe it is our dislike of cheesy clichés? Deep within each of us, there must be something that makes us distinctly human. The trouble is, after centuries ...

Iconic ‘Little Foot’ may actually be new human species, scientists say - Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to be member of ape-like human ancestor family that lived nearly 2 million ye ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Chimpanzees are more closely related to people than to gorillas or other primates and probably should be included in the human branch of the family tree, a research team says. The ...