A new study challenges the idea that female breasts originated through sexual selection, suggesting that other factors, such ...

Located in the center of the El Camino’s campus, the Anthropology Museum showcases the evolution of humanity throughout time ...

In 1976, at the Laetoli site in Tanzania, paleontologist Andrew Hill discovered 3.7 million-year-old footprints by literally stumbling upon them. He tripped to avoid elephant dung thrown by a ...

Scientists have discovered a potential new member of the human family tree. This mysterious species, named Homo juluensis, includes the enigmatic Denisovans — our ancient human relatives whose stories ...

Researchers have identified a new species of ancient humans, which they have named Homo juluensis, meaning "big head," based partly on a very large skull found in China. But what is this new ...

A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100 ...

Scientists have announced the discovery of a new human species, Homo juluensis, following extensive research published in Nature Communications. Professor Christopher J. Bae from the University of ...

3D scanning of fossils reveals human bipedalism origins. Early hominins combined bipedal and arboreal movements. Muscle insertion sites provide insights into primate locomotion.

Scientists discover new species of human ancestors, Homo juluensis. Credit: Adam Fagen, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 A team of researchers has identified a new human species that vanished approximately 200,000 ...

This is reflected in the study, in which we have observed that representatives of three fossil species of the Homo genus—H. ergaster, H. neanderthalensis and archaic H. sapiens—have a ...

Homo juluensis lived approximately 300,000 years ago in eastern Asia, hunted wild horses in small groups, and made stone tools and possibly processed animal hides for survival before disappearing ...

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed. A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of ...