Humans developed large brains and flatter faces at an exceptionally quick rate compared to other apes, according to new research from UCL scientists. The study suggests that these rapid changes may ...

A 2-million-year-old protein sequence has revealed an unexpected twist in human ancestry, one scientists didn’t see coming.

New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

Some species of hominids, a family of primates dating back to the early Miocene, who lived in East Africa about ...

Fossil evidence from Ethiopia has rewritten human history, showing Australopithecus lived one million years earlier than ...

A boys accidental trip over a fossil in South Africa uncovers the human missing link, Australopithecus sediba. New 2025 study ...

However, because infant specimens are extremely rare in the fossil record, scientists were until now unsure if these ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

Virgin Galactic’s third commercial spaceflight has taken to the skies—but it wasn’t just carrying a cargo of wealthy investors in search of a taste of microgravity. Two very different passengers were ...