Bipedalism, or walking on two legs, is one of the key features that distinguishes humans from other apes. But when and why ...

What separates us from the apes? Our big brains? Speech? A keen fashion sense? It's all of that and more, like the ability to ...

New research on the limb bones of the famous Little Foot skeleton from the Wits Sterkfontein Caves suggests that a major ...

Dive into the fascinating world of Australopithecus, the first known upright ancestor of humans, exploring their habitat, lifestyle, and evolutionary impact.

The names scientists give to humanity’s ancient relatives are more than labels. They encode a story about who counts as close kin and who sits on a separate branch of the family tree. Now a researcher ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Fossils of early ...

"I imagine there might be some though who will be skeptical -- as is always the case." Their argument centers on a timeline: The oldest known Homo fossil, a jawbone, is dated at 2.8 million years old, ...

Scientists have published an article describing the oldest axial fossils yet discovered for the genus Australopithecus. Dated 4.2 million years ago, these and other fossils recovered from the Assa ...

Remember Australopithecus sediba? The convention-challenging South African hominin, announced with much fanfare in 2010, has gotten lost in a torrent of other recent fossil finds from our family tree.

New evidence from fossils representing two groups of human ancestors—Australopithecus and early Homo—adds an important piece to the puzzle about when our ancestors transitioned from a life often spent ...