Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human family tree.

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed in a cave.

The original skull, digital scan, and reconstructed face of Little Foot. Credit: Amélie Beaudet. Scientists have finally ...

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human ...

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time researchers use data from ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Dental calculus is the richest known source of ancient DNA in the archaeological record. That stubborn mineralized plaque, once treated as little more than an unpleasant byproduct of life, has become ...