A stunning discovery in China is shaking up what we thought we knew about human evolution. Scientists have uncovered a ...

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 ...

As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches. But fossils are often difficult to categorize neatly as one species or another. Like all creatures, no two ...

and the most primitive hominid species known. Discussion continues over whether Ardipithecus is a hominid or not, whether it walked on two feet or not, and what its relationship is to the 3.9?.

Darwin's great insight, and the unifying principle of biology today, is that all species are related to one another like sisters, cousins, and distant kin in a vast family tree of life.

superseding all other hominid species. The implication of this argument is that all modern people are ultimately of African descent. The other theory, known as the 'Multi-regional' Model ...

Bone artifacts discovered in Tanzania push back the earliest known date of bone tool technology by over a million years.

All species also belong to larger groups. For example, chimps belong to a family called the hominids, which also includes humans. The hominid family in turn belongs to a larger class, called mammals.

“This finding allows us to accept that during the early Pleistocene, more than one early human species lived in Europe, and that the first hominid to inhabit western Europe was not Homo ...

superseding all other hominid species. The implication of this argument is that all modern people are ultimately of African descent. The other theory, known as the 'Multi-regional' Model ...

where some of paleoanthropology's most iconic fossils have been found The history of anthropology is littered with many now-defunct hominid species that no longer have a place on the human family ...

This fascinating fossil, dating back approximately 300,000 years, showcases a unique blend of archaic and modern traits, hinting at a previously unknown hominid species. Join us as we explore the ...