This wide-ranging overview traces human evolution from the earliest primates around 85 million years ago through the ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The story of human evolution is far from a straight line — it’s a complex web of species, adaptations, and interconnections. New fossil discoveries and genetic studies are reshaping our understanding ...

LOS ANGELES - The middle-aged woman and the boy, perhaps her son or simply another member of her tribe, were out hunting on the African plains or maybe hunting for water when they fell into a sinkhole ...

Your family tree just got wider. Scientists have analyzed fossils found in China, and deemed them to be from a new human species unlike any ever identified before; say hello to your long-lost cousin.

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...