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

An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

Homo habilis has long been considered the earliest member of the human genus, known for its association with early stone ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...

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 ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

Australian-led study suggests iconic South African skeleton differs from known Australopithecus species, media reports - ...