At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...

Instead, he has proposed a behavioral explanation with such sweeping implications that if correct, it would amount to a kind of grand unified theory of early hominid evolution. Any trait that ...

Hominid footprints found on Crete date back 5.6 million years, making them by far the oldest ever discovered in Europe.

And this list is getting longer. As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches. But fossils are often difficult to categorize neatly as one species or another.

Erin Wayman is a science and human evolution blogger for Hominid Hunting. She has M.As in biological anthropology and science writing. The "discovery" turned out to be the biggest hoax in the ...

MAROPENG, South Africa (AFP) - Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found in South Africa have shed light on a previously unknown stage in human evolution, ...