An international genomics study has revealed that early Asians undertook humanity's longest known prehistoric migration. These early humans, who roamed the earth over 100,000 years ago, are believed ...

However, a pair of fossilized skull fragments recently found off the Javanese coast are helping experts recontextualize the ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

New research uncovers how two ancient hominids used their hands in unique ways for climbing, tool use, and movement.

Fossil tracks found in Australia push the origin of reptiles back by 40 million years, altering the timeline of tetrapod ...

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Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands. Researchers investigated variation in finger bone morphology to determine that South ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands.

The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the ...

A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens ... humans might have ...