Scientists studying fossils from Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have uncovered evidence of another early human species which lived ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

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

An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

Homo habilis has long been considered the earliest member of the human genus, known for its association with early stone ...

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 ...

Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...

Australian-led study suggests iconic South African skeleton differs from known Australopithecus species, media reports - ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.