The human family tree is becoming harder to fit into the categories scientists have used for decades. Research from Monash ...

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

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

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

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

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He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

Humanity’s family tree is long and tangled. Scientists sort our ancient relatives into three familiar groups: Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus. Each of these is a “genus”, the rank just above a ...

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