The names scientists give to humanity’s ancient relatives are more than labels. They encode a story about who counts as close ...

Discover why some paleoanthropologists are calling for the reclassification of all human species and close relatives, like ...

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be ...

The record of humanity is incomplete, but researchers discovered a well-preserved skull which calls into question assumptions ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, ...

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.

Learn how fossils show human ancestors did not grow bigger in a straight line, but split into larger and smaller evolutionary paths. Early relatives such as Australopithecus weighed around 88 pounds ...

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