After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...

Modern human beings are the ultimate apex species, exerting dominance over our environment in a way that no other animal ever ...

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

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The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Evolutionary biologists have long believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus, evolved from the bird ...