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Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

The Gona cranium pairs an erectus-like braincase with a more primitive face to suggest a more complex emergence.

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

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, Confirms Coexistence With Lucy’s Species

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

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

Study Links Ancient Lead Exposure to Brain Differences Between Humans and Neanderthals

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

Digitally Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Skull From China Recasts Human Family Tree, Study Says

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

AI Links Leopard Bite Marks to Homo Habilis, Recasting an Early Human as Prey

Study Pinpoints Two Embryonic Shifts That Shaped the Human Pelvis for Bipedalism

Denisovan-Derived MUC19 Variant Rose in the Americas, Study Finds

Modern Humans Experienced Two Rounds of Selection on a Brain Enzyme

Behavioral Drive Preceded Dental Evolution in Early Hominins

Recently Evolved Genes Control Human Cell Division

Humans Developed Ecological Flexibility in Africa Before Migrating Into Eurasia