An African hominin population that existed very early in the Homo sapiens lineage is providing new insights into humanity's ...

Past theories have suggested that animals exhibit SSB to increase group cohesion, to signal dominance among a larger group, ...

The 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman mummy and a prehistoric man who lived in Siberia 45,000 years ago both carried a ...

More than 59 different primate species have been observed participating in some kind of same-sex behaviors, making it ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the 'missing link' in human evolution, showing how our species may have evolved.

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry ...

A new study by researchers at Imperial College London and published on Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution could help shed ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Morocco provide new evidence on human evolution, revealing an African lineage near the origin of Homo sapiens.

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.