Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Before Neanderthals and Denisovans, before Homo erectus, before Lucy and other australopiths, who was the ancestor that gave rise to human evolution?

Human evolutionary science has long been caught up in a debate: Did our last common ancestor with apes walk on its knuckles, like chimpanzees do, or was it more flat-handed? The answer to that ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics. Until now, researchers assumed that the first humans originated in Africa and ...