The fossilized remains were discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa, a site renowned for its wealth of hominid ...

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

How do we know when they lived? Estimating the age of hominid fossils is usually a painstaking, two-part process, involving both "absolute" and "relative" dating. "Absolute" dating means finding a ...

In confirming the sex of one of the most iconic hominid fossils, researchers are helping explain the great physical diversity in Australopithecus africanus A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot shows ...

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 ...

Indonesia believes that this act of cultural justice is not just about returning the objects themselves but also about ...

If there was any lingering question about the early manifestation of bipedality in human evolutionary history, it has been erased by recent fossil discoveries: a 4.4-million-year-old hominid from ...

"Lucy's skeletal remains will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever," Fiala said. The exhibition will also feature ...

The remains will be presented alongside Selam, the fossil of a baby Australopithecus who was about ... Lucy last left ...

The technique allowed them to peer deep into the fossils, and trace the webs of fractures within. A key piece of evidence to unravelling the mystery of Lucy’s death lay in a fracture between her ...