Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, ...

The record of humanity is incomplete, but researchers discovered a well-preserved skull which calls into question assumptions ...

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be ...

Researchers used a new method to investigate past interbreeding with Homo sapiens that doesn't require ancient DNA. The technique identified areas of living humans' genomes that came from unknown ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. But our new study, published today in Science Advances, reveals something far more ...

The research reveals the complex process of human evolution across millions of years of interbreeding with other Homo lineages ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A handful of teeth found at the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia suggest that diverse species of human relatives unlike any seen ...

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.