Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...

An analysis of the new specimen challenges ideas about how the first humans evolved from ape-like ancestors. The current view that an ape named Lucy was among a species that gave rise to the first ...

Around 3.2 million years ago, in what is now present-day Ethiopia, a tiny human made it to the fossil record. Despite much ...

There have been many species similar to us that have lived over the last two million years ... Other star specimens in this part of the gallery include the Broken Hill skull of Homo heidelbergensis - ...

Millions of years ago, Lucy revolutionized our understanding of human evolution. Now, discover how her contemporaries add ...

These species varied in their anatomy and ecology ... fossils represent early members of the hominin lineage. The first human-like traits to appear in the hominin fossil record are bipedal ...

Meet your ancient relatives, trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving ...