When researchers in China announced a possible new human species from a cave in Hebei province, they did more than add ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

On a remote Indonesian island, fossils from a population of tiny humans are forcing scientists to redraw some of the clean ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

Researchers working in northeastern Ethiopia have discovered remains of a previously unknown branch of humanity. The fossils, which include teeth that date to between 2.8 million and 2.6 million years ...

The fossils themselves are modest in appearance. A juvenile lower jaw packed with baby and emerging adult teeth, several ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Sophie Cohen-Bodénès knew she was onto something when she saw the cuttlefish extend two arms upwards while twisting its six others together. It was making what she calls the “up” sign – and, ...

Arizona State University research scientists discover evidence of a new species of hominid that walked east African grasslands 2.6 million years ago. The discovery could offer new clues about a ...