David L. Brill Hominid evolution produced many species. Some overlapped in time. All but one—Homo sapiens, us—ended in extinction. This chart shows roughly when some of the known species in ...

The most primitive hominid yet found, this species has more chimpanzee-like features than any other human ancestor. Ardipithecus ramidus may have walked upright. Other fossils discovered with A.

Scientists have uncovered a hominid skull, nicknamed “Dragon Head,” near Hualongdong that doesn’t fit neatly into any known species. With a mix of ancient and modern traits, this fossil ...

It certainly did in 1976, when paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill and a colleague were tossing elephant dung at each other in Laetoli, a hominid archeological site in Tanzania. As Hill dived out of ...

The area is known as the Cradle of Humankind. Scientists have identified at least four hominid species—in addition to our own, Homo sapiens—that lived in this region at various times over the ...

Uncover the groundbreaking discovery of the “Dragon Head” hominid skull in China, a find that challenges the long-standing Out of Africa theory! This fascinating fossil, dating back ...