Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The long thumb and straight fingers would have allowed Paranthropus boisei to form a powerful grip, similar to how modern humans ...

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of ...

Scientists study physical evidence such as cave art, hand-crafted tools, and skull structures to infer cognitive and speech capabilities ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a child, ...

Little Foot’s face looks like it has been through a slow-motion car crash, because it has. For millions of years, rock ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Tiny fossil teeth from Colorado are revealing new clues about the very first relatives of primates, including humans.

The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were discovered ...