A meticulous study of the ankle joint of this 4.4-million-year-old ancestor positions this species as a crucial link, bearing both primitive traits for climbing and early adaptations for upright ...

The oldest distinguishing feature between humans and our ape cousins is our ability to walk on two legs—a trait known as bipedalism. Among mammals, only humans and our ancestors perform this atypical ...

An international team of scientists has discovered 4.1 million year old fossils in eastern Ethiopia that fill a missing gap in human evolution. The teeth and bones belong to a primitive species of ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A recent study from Washington University in St. Louis has found new evidence that strengthens the theory that humans evolved from ape-like ancestors in Africa. The findings, ...

In addition to Ardi, a possible direct ancestor, it is possible here to find hominid fossils from as recently as 160,000 years ago—an early Homo sapiens like us—all the way back to Ardipithecus ...