In this video, discover Homo habilis, the first species in the Homo genus and a key figure in human evolution. Delve into whether Homo habilis should be classified as a human species or more ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Scientists made a surprising discovery when studying fossils of a distant human relative – Paranthropus robustus ...

A shocking discovery in southwestern Kenya is rewriting the history of early human evolution. Ancient tools found alongside ...

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Science News: A new study reveals that ancient Homo sapiens possessed a unique adaptability, thriving in diverse and challenging environments across Africa before t ...

The Dragon Man skull, described as Homo longi in 2021, belongs to a Denisovan, according to new research. Fu et al., Cell, 2025 In 2010, DNA from a prehistoric finger bone found in Siberia’s ...

This collection of viewable hominin fossil 3D models was produced by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program by 3D scanning casts and other replicas which are now on display in the Hall of Human ...