On an un-named headland above a beach on the Cape south coast we find tracks everywhere, but will we find the holy grail of ...

One specific study has found our ancient ancestors were not picky on who they had sex with. Yep, researchers now have found ...

Human societies have long depended on the division of labor to thrive—walk into any town, and you can probably find bakers ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

It appears modern-day promiscuity can be traced back to our early ancestors, as scientists from Trinity College in Dublin have discovered that some of the genes from a hominin group known as the ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...