Researchers have identified a new species of ancient humans, which they have named Homo juluensis, meaning "big head," based ...

Humanity’s ancient history may be far more intricate than previously known, according to new findings that reveal an ...

More than 1.5 million years ago, two different species of ancient human crossed paths on a lakeshore, perhaps locking eyes ...

Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...

Fifty years ago, Donald Johanson found "Lucy," a 3.2 million-year-old fossil. She changed the story of human evolution.

Early humans of Homo juluensis had a large head shape, with measurements notably larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo ...

Muddy footprints found beside Lake Turkana, Kenya reveal two ancient hominin species were once neighbors 1.5 million years ...

A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he may have found a new human species called Homo juluensis, which includes ...

Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies with distinct features that challenge predictions made by the ...

About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy ...

(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 – ...

The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new ...