Three million years of human evolution began with this face. Scientists put a face to a name in an epic way after digitally recreating the visage of Lucy, humanity’s most famous primate ancestor ...

Humans have been around on Earth for thousands of years, but there was a period when humanity was almost wiped out of ...

South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

Humans have inhabited all corners of the world today. But there was a period when humanity was almost wiped out from the face ...

The Human Family’s Earliest Ancestors Studies of hominid fossils, like 4.4-million-year-old “Ardi,” are changing ideas about human origins ...

Bringing dinosaurs and human ancestors to life through art Using data from dissections and the study of fossils, award-winning paleo-artist John Gurche recreates through art how dinosaurs and ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...

Scientists studying ancient human remains uncovered in Colombia have found that the people they were researching have no ...

The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.