Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors ...

What’s most distinctive about humans as a species, viewed collectively in human history? Penelope J. Corfield from the Royal ...

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

Ancient teeth found in Ethiopia belong to a never-before-seen species in the Australopithecus genus of human ancestors ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

An extinct group of humans that were once widespread in Asia don’t have an official species name – part of the reason is ...

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