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New Study Finds Human Chin Is an Evolutionary Byproduct

Researchers link its emergence to skull reorientation driven by brain expansion with a shrinking lower face.

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

Humans Rank Seventh in New Mammal Monogamy Study, Below Beavers and Above Meerkats

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Study Finds Selective Exocannibalism of Non-Local Neanderthals at Belgium’s Goyet Caves

New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

Study Recasts Ardi’s 4.4-Million-Year-Old Ankle, Blending Ape-Like Climbing With Early Bipedal Traits

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Skull Recasts Early Human Family Tree

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Tied to Denisovan-Linked Lineage, Pushing Homo Splits Earlier

Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

Fossil Teeth in Ethiopia Point to Oldest Homo and a Possible New Australopithecus

Behavioral Drive Preceded Dental Evolution in Early Hominins

Maggot-Infested Meat Diet Offers Explanation for Neanderthal Nitrogen Signature

Study Finds Maggot Consumption Could Explain Neandertals’ High Nitrogen Levels