WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipedal locomotion - walking upright on two legs - is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

New Ethiopian fossils show early Homo and Australopithecus lived together, revealing a complex human evolution story.

Geraru, Ethiopia, that hominin ancestors lived alongside each other reinforce the idea that evolution wasn’t a straight line.

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil ...

In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

The mystery of human evolution is nowhere close to being resolved. Every new discovery not only peels off the layer of truth but also brings forth a plethora of questions. The recent ...

UNLV anthropologist leads international research team find of Ethiopian fossils; details published in Aug. 13 issue of Nature journal.