For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

For more than a century, scientists have been piecing together the puzzle of human evolution, examining fossil evidence to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . I am not an expert in human evolution, but if the human foot and first ray evolved from structures similar to ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner A young chimpanzee looks on during an outing ...

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...