A hidden force let humans smash a barrier that had trapped our ancestors for millions of years.

The human evolutionary timeline begins with early primates around 85 million years ago and follows repeated splits that ...

Early humans : of whom do we speak? / Richard E. Leakey -- Homo habilis - a premature discovery : remembered by one of its founding fathers, 42 years later / Phillip V. Tobias -- Where does the genus ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, ...

The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the ...

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Human evolution might be more "bizarre" than we once thought, according ...

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

Scientists in Ethiopia unearthed pieces of 2.65 million-year-old fossilized teeth belonging to two members of a newly discovered Homo species that could challenge previously accepted understandings of ...