Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.

The initial discovery in the Dinaledi Chamber, a notoriously difficult-to-access part of the cave, was nothing short of astounding. Paleontologists, led by renowned paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

A 3.4M-year-old set of foot bones from Ethiopia is forcing paleoanthropologists to redraw one of the most familiar diagrams ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Bones found in an Israeli ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...