Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than you may realize.

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

It is a matter of current research whether Paranthropus robustus, contemporaneous Homo ergaster, or both, was the maker and user of those important tools—but the Swartkrans team believes that ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

The current research will now focus on whether Paranthropus robustus, contemporaneous Homo ergaster, or both, was the maker and user of those important tools but the Swartkrans team believes that ...

floresiensis, H. luzonensis, H. longi, and H. juluensis in Asia and Nesher Ramla Homo in the Levant ... ancient human fossils can be a powerful tool to study similarities and differences ...

and ‘Hobbit’ (Homo floresiensis, about 90,000 years old) skeletons,” says Professor Pickering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who led the research. The small size of this Paranthropus ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...