This tiny bump on an ancient thigh bone has become a big deal for anyone trying to pin down when the human story truly began.

Learn how detailed 3D analysis uncovered evidence that upright walking emerged near the very start of the human lineage.

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

One of the biggest unanswered questions in human evolution is when our ancestors first stood upright and began walking on two ...

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Learn more about the hidden molecules uncovered in animal fossils from an ancient human site, and the new view they give us ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...

A 1.5-million-year-old skull fossil from Gona, Ethiopia now has a virtual face, thanks to digital reconstruction.

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...