In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with a newly identified species of Australopithecus nearly three million years ...

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey ...

Scientists are sure that the tiny ancient humans went extinct 50,000 years ago. However, one of them believes that there is a ...

Prehistoric human relatives, nicknamed “hobbits” due to their short stature, may have been scavengers, rather than skilled hunters capable of taking down big game or building cooking fires, according ...

Lucy, the famous Australopithecus afarensis fossil, still reshapes how scientists explain human evolution nearly 50 years ...

For much of the last century, the story of early technology seemed straightforward. The genus Homo made stone tools, and ...

The recent discovery of a 2.8 million year-old fossilized jawbone in Ethiopia is helping scientists clear up a clouded period in the evolution of modern humans. The African continent is rich with ...

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History sits in one of the most culturally rich neighborhoods in Ohio. You’ve got the ...

✅ Know Your Terms: Hominin refers to all humans, plus our ancestral species who walked upright on two feet (including members ...

Based on artifacts found in a limestone cave on the Mediterranean coast, scientists think the two species might have shared ...