One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

The discovery offers new insight into human evolution, particularly between the two early human species, known as hominins — a term for a subdivision of hominids. Hominins are all organisms within the ...

A stunning discovery of fossilized footprints pressed into soft mud preserved the unexpected and extraordinary moment, ...

In fact, the footprints indicate these two species were walking along the lakeshore within hours or days of each other, ...

Scientists examined 1.5-million-year-old fossils they unearthed, concluding they represent the first example of two sets of ...