In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

Newly discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints reveal how two extinct human species crossed paths within hours of each ...

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

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

More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed ...

Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.

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

Study of ancient footprints first ever to show that early ancestors coexisted in shared space PITTSBURGH, Pa. — In the arid ...

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

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.