Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 years ago but vanished.

For years, the Java Sea looked like a gap in the record. Some of the most important Homo erectus fossils ever found came from ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 million years ago was Homo erectus. But in recent years, a debate has ...

“For over a hundred years, it was hypothesized that our ancestors lived in grassland savannahs and that this major ecosystem change drove human evolution, including the origins of bipedalism and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A REPLICA of the remains of a more than 3-million-year-old female hominid known as "Lucy" at the National Museum in Addis Ababa ...

The story of human evolution may seem straightforward, but it’s far from a linear progression. Join renowned paleoanthropologist, Ella Al-Shamahi as we explore the complexities of our past, meeting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study ...

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

Fragments of BRT-VP-2/135 before assembly. The specimen was found in 29 pieces of which 27 of them were recovered by sifting and picking the sifted dirt. With the help of newly identified bones, an ...