Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

A recently analyzed Homo habilis skeleton, dating back over 2 million years, is reshaping our understanding of early human ...

In 1998, researchers discovered one of the most complete known human ancestral fossils in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves. Almost two decades later, Ronald Clarke, the paleoanthropologist who had ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the 'missing link' in human evolution, showing how our species may have evolved.

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

The British geneticist Steve Jones has recently given a lecture at University College London entitled “Is human evolution over?” His answer to his own question is in the affirmative. I agree with ...