A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

Little Foot is a nearly complete ancient skeleton found in the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa that could change how scientists think about human evolution. For a long time, researchers thought it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pre-human fossil "Lucy" from Ethiopia is on display in Europe for the first time. The exhibition at the National Museum in ...

The study of human skeletal biology has advanced markedly through the integration of high‐resolution imaging, geometric morphometrics and archaeological data. Detailed analysis of long bone ...

WASHINGTON -- The story of humankind is reaching back another million years as scientists learn more about "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. The 110-pound, ...

One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Surprisingly, a ...

The world-famous pre-human fossil known as "Lucy" is going on display in Europe for the first time as part of a Prague exhibition on the evolution of humanity. The partial skeleton from Ethiopia is ...