Footprints from 1.5mil years ago made by two different species of human ancestors were made within hours on the same spot—a ...

The methodology involved creating detailed 3D models of the ulna from modern primates, humans and fossilised hominins, as per ...

The American researcher talks to EL PAÍS about how walking upright was the starting point for our brain enlargement and our ...

Denisovans interbred with early humans multiple times, leaving genes that helped modern humans adapt to varied environments, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going. Fossilized footprints preserved in rock do the same – ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

A new study reveals that modern humans, Neanderthals, and other relatives evolved larger brains through gradual changes ...

A new study of ancient footprints is the first ever to show that our early ancestors coexisted in a shared space.

The discovery offers new insight into human evolution, particularly between the two early human species, known as hominins — a term for a subdivision of hominids. Hominins are all organisms within the ...

Human footprints stir the imagination. They invite you to follow, to guess what someone was doing and where they were going. Fossilized footprints preserved in rock do the same—they record instances ...

More than a million years ago, on a warm and vibrant African savanna near Lake Turkana in what is now Kenya, two entirely ...

Ancient footprints frozen in time have revealed new secrets about human evolution and provided the first evidence of two ...