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 ...

DETROIT, May 19 (UPI) -- New genetic evidence suggests chimpanzees belong in the genus Homo, of which the most prominent member is Homo sapiens -- humans -- scientists reported Monday.

So the latest discovery narrows the gap to within 200,000 years between Lucy's species and the first appearance of the human genus 2.8 million years ago.

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. Humans and chimps share 99.4% of DNA ...

George Washington University. (2017, August 4). Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 08 ...

Taxonomy isn’t just for living organisms, either. For example, the relationships between different dinosaurs can tell us about how they might have lived, while human taxonomy can give clues about ...

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.

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 dating ...

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.