Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

An international team of researchers has presented this week the analysis of a fossil discovered in Bulgaria that could ...

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins.

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Notably, the researchers point out that the strongest signals of selection “are all plausibly related to the consumption of agricultural products.” For instance, in the last 100 generations, there ...

Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple microorganism took the first steps toward complex life. From this ancestor emerged ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed in a cave.

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

In 2001, researchers unearthed a scattering of fossils beneath the windswept dunes of the Djurab Desert of northern Chad. The remains were later identified as belonging to an extinct species, ...