Sep 2019
The fossilized hominid skull illuminates the earliest-known Australopithecus species
A 3.8 million-year-old skull reveals the face of Lucy’s possible ancestors
Dec 2021
Fossils and DNA point to mixing and mingling among Homo groups across vast areas
2021 research reinforced that mating across groups drove human evolution
May 2022
A molar adds to suspicions that the mysterious hominids inhabited Southeast Asia's forests
A Denisovan girl’s fossil tooth may have been unearthed in Laos
Jan 2020
Homo erectus reached the Indonesian island of Java some 300,000 years later than many researchers have assumed, a new study finds.
Homo erectus arrived in Indonesia 300,000 years later than previously thought
May 2019
All previously known fossils from the mysterious hominids come from a Siberian cave
A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans
May 2021
The shape of the ancient hominid's shoulder blades points to a gorilla-like way of tree climbing
Little Foot's shoulders hint at how a human-chimp common ancestor climbed
Apr 2020
Prolonged brain growth was already a feature for hominids before Homo genus members appeared
Lucy’s species heralded the rise of long childhoods in hominids
Oct 2020
Our evolutionary relatives may have inherited short, deep rib cages from their ancestors
Neandertal babies had stocky chests like their parents
Mar 2020
Some stone tools have a single sharpened edge, while others consist of double-edged designs
New fossils and artifacts show Homo erectus crafted a diverse toolkit
Apr 2019
The newly dubbed Homo luzonensis lived at least 50,000 years ago, scientists say
A new hominid species has been found in a Philippine cave, fossils suggest