Fresh fossil evidence from Ethiopia shows early Homo lived alongside a newly identified Australopithecus species nearly 2.8 million years ago. This finding challenges the traditional idea of a single, ...

New fossil discoveries in Africa are transforming our understanding of Australopithecus and its place in human evolution. Evidence now shows multiple species coexisted with early Homo, challenging the ...

A child's skull discovered in a South African quarry in 1924 changed human history. Named the Taung Child, this fossil proved ...

The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

Genomic data provides evidence for a previously unknown wave of migration, with Indigenous groups living in central and ...

A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.