The Earth was throwing an increasing number of climate tantrums over the past three million years, …

What is really exciting is that during the same time in history, there were three very different…

By correctly dating these fossils, anthropologists can now explore who Homo erectus might have inte…

According to Detroit, 15 years ago, scientists' conception of human evolution in Asia was very simp…

"Who knows who is Homo habilis?" said Zollikofer "The whole story is so shaky that we cannot just s…

The skull, found in China in 2019, looks like an ancient modern human but has the chin of a Denisov…

Experts reevaluated the human fossil record from the era between 129,000 and 774,000 years ago. Tha…

Different human ancestor species seem to have mingled and mated far more than anthropologists previ…

The origin of life, Prokaryote, Cyanobacteria, Eukaryote, Choanoflagellate, Platyhelminthes (Flatwo…

The oldest evidence of our modern human ancestors (Homo sapiens) dates back 315,000 years and was f…

They discovered an almost complete skull split into two major pieces - the upper jaw bone was separ…

A bit more digging revealed a nearly-complete skull, which the miners turned over to their field do…

Usually, when humans reach high altitudes - where oxygen levels are lower - our bodies make more he…

The idea that perhaps specimens don't fully represent a new species has been controversial in anthr…

The cave where the bones were found lies in a region of South Africa known as the Cradle of Humanki…

According to Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins, if she was killed by an animal,…

This builds upon other findings, presented Nov. 18 at a meeting on ancient DNA at the Royal Society…

Their feet were incredibly similar to those of modern humans, says Harcourt-Smith, who led the stud…