At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...

New genetic evidence suggests chimpanzees belong in the genus Homo, of which the most prominent member is Homo sapiens -- humans -- scientists reported Monday.

PHOENIX — An international team led by researchers at Arizona State University has identified the oldest known fossil of the human genus, a discovery that marks a major new chapter in human ...

The oldest fossil of the human genus Homo has been unearthed in Ethiopia, a groundbreaking discovery that pushes the history of human evolution 400,000 years further into the past. Found at a site ...

Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance Paper challenges the claim that the genus Homo originated in response to environmental changes Date: August 4, 2017 Source: George Washington ...

Fossils retrieved from an underground cave in South Africa may represent a previously unknown species of the human genus, Homo. The fossils come from at least 15 individuals recovered from a 30 ...

It may be time to move over and share the human branch of the family tree with chimpanzees, says a researcher who has studied how closely the two are related.

The bones, found in 2008 in the fossil-rich cave region of Malapa near Johannesburg, show a head-to-foot combination of features of Australopithecus and the human genus, Homo.

Interview Highlights On the origins of the idea that human migration was problematic I traced most of these ideas back to Carl Linnaeus, who's considered the father of modern taxonomy.

Everything we know about our ancestors’ evolution might be wrong. A graduate student from Arizona State University discovered a human jawbone in Ethiopia back in 2013 that scientists are dati… ...