A newly unearthed archaeological site in Tajikistan dating to as far as 150,000 years ago played a key role in the migration ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that our human ancestor, Lucy, was hairless, challenging previous assumptions.

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, new research in chimps suggests.

A resurgence of interest in our ancient relatives is captivating audiences worldwide, and a German museum is at the forefront ...

In northeastern China, archaeologists have used advanced 3D technology to reconstruct the face of a man from more than 5,000 ...

The elders also highlighted the imagery of symbolically significant animals, such as anacondas, jaguars, bats and herons, as ...

Recent discoveries revealed that our ancestors interbred with Denisovans on at least three separate occasions, leaving traces ...

Listed among our early romantic conquests are the Denisovans, and researchers now believe we mated with at least three distinct populations of this long-extinct species. “It’s a common misconception ...