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Researcher Proposes Folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into an Expanded Genus Homo

Towle argues a clade-based reclassification would better match ancestry and reduce repeated renaming of close human relatives.

Scientists Detect DNA From Two Unknown Ancient Hominins in Modern Humans

Study Recasts ‘Hobbits’ as Scavengers, Not Big-Game Hunters

Study Says 'Hobbits' Scavenged Komodo Dragon Kills, Not Big-Game Hunters

Great Apes and Humans Share a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm in Laughter

Great Apes' Laughter Shares a 15‑Million‑Year Rhythm

Protein Analysis Shows All Sampled Homo Naledi Remains Are Female

Major Hominin Body‑Size Jump Identified Around 2 Million Years Ago

Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

Tooth Proteins Link East Asian Homo Erectus to Denisovans and Modern Peoples

Study Ties Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Bigger Brains

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Study Finds Prehistoric Pairings Favored Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

New Study Finds Human Chin Is an Evolutionary Byproduct

First Afar Paranthropus Fossil Pushes Genus’ Range 1,000 Kilometers North

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Anchor African Ancestors Near Modern Human Roots

NYU-Led Reanalysis Points to Bipedalism in 7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species