Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist ...

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Learn how a new theory suggests Neanderthals inability to survive pregnancy complications like preeclampsia may have helped cause their extinction.

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Researchers have uncovered the skulls of two individuals belonging to the species Homo erectus—one of our ancient ancestors—alongside various types of stone tool of differing complexity at a site in ...

Early, ancestral members of the human lineage may have left Africa earlier than widely thought, a new study of fossil teeth suggests. Modern humans, Homo sapiens, are the only living member of the ...

Mark Thiessan/National Geographic Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all, according to a remarkable discovery about an early hominin. Homo naledi, a hominin discovered in the ...

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Homo sapiens evolved by adapting to their environment. They evolved from tribes of foragers and scavengers to hunters and gatherers, agriculturalists, industrialists and eventually modern-day digital ...

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Humanity's family tree just got a makeover. After reevaluating a cadre of contentious fossils that were found across three continents yet date to the same time period, a group of anthropologists has ...

A child’s tooth unearthed from a French cave has revealed the earliest evidence of humans – Homo sapiens – living in western Europe. The discovery of the molar from Grotte Mandrin, near Malataverne in ...