Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

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 ...

Kayleigh explains why her playlist title “Hominids” is not wrong: hominids include all great apes, while hominins include ...

It helped us reach our “prime.” The Progression of Man apparently wasn’t as gradual as once thought. UK researchers found that our ancestors experienced a rapid growth spurt between 2 and 2.5 million ...

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

Hundreds of hominin fossils reveal that human body size remained stable for ages before a sharp increase in early members of ...

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 ...

A giant crocodile once ruled Lucy’s world, lurking in ancient Ethiopian waters with jaws powerful enough to turn early human ...