Human flexibility in shoulders and elbows originated from ancient apes' need for safe tree descent. A new study reveals chimpanzees, unlike monkeys, ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

Discovered deep within South Africa’s Rising Star cave system, Homo naledi challenges everything we know about human ...

This very lifestyle, of standing and walking on two legs unlike some of our primate predecessors, may have been key to supercharging the survival and reproductive advantage of our ancestral species.

Scientists have unveiled a previously unknown tyrannosaur species that fundamentally changes our understanding of how the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex evolved. The newly identified dinosaur, named ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

The findings of this study suggest that the first humans may have originated from apes that were accustomed to living in two ...

Scientists discovered that koalas have fingerprints almost identical to humans, showing how evolution can arrive at the same design twice.