It’s been 100 years since Australopithecus africanus was first described in the journal Nature, suggesting that the African continent had been the birthplace of humanity. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks ...

New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

A pioneering genetic study by Dr Hans Eiberg and his colleagues at the University of Copenhagen has traced the lineage of all ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage ... brain development - during human evolution. Animal resources provide a highly ...

"Meat likely played a significant role in the expansion of cranial capacity - larger brain development - during human evolution ... in the human evolutionary lineage, collectively called hominins.

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst ... brain development - during human evolution. Animal resources provide a highly ...

For decades, the story of human origins has been pieced together from fossil evidence scattered across Africa, Europe, and Asia. But recent fossil discoveries in China are raising questions that could ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown human relative from a 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone, reshaping our ...

But if Bae and Wu’s analysis is correct, these fossils could hold the key to solving one of human evolution’s biggest mysteries ... have made it clear that there wasn’t a single hominin lineage around ...

They used the Harbin skull, also known as 'Dragon Man,' which is a 150,000-year-old nearly complete human skull discovered ... Today, the Harbin skull's lineage is still debated as there is ...