Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Meet your ancient relatives, trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving ...

One set of prints is clearly larger than the other ... walked upright" makes it a celebrity species in the story of human evolution. Lucy's pelvis hints that she walked upright on two legs.

Prof Chris Stringer, human evolution expert at the Museum ... The early modern human's legs feature realistic body art His lower legs are stained red with ochre. The remains this model is based on ...

These abilities include the extensive use of symbols, both verbally, as fully developed syntactical language, and visually, as art ... and modern human origins. Journal of Human Evolution 59 ...

Until then, the oldest known footprints of human ancestors were tens of thousands ... Birds and mammals left a great number of prints, but, spectacularly, so did a pair of hominids, one large ...

Meet 'Pink', the new face of human evolution in Europe Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed "Pink" discovered in Spain are from a potential new member of the ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...