Evidence of one of the smallest - and perhaps unluckiest - early human relatives has been found in South Africa, according to ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...

That’s why the hip, thigh, and shinbone found at Swartkrans Cave – the first place P. robustus and Homo fossils were found ...

Our ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human evolution by more than a million years, a study said Wednesday. Ancient ...

While the human brain is clearly large relative to body size, less is known about the timing of brain and brain component expansion within primates and the relative magnitude of volumetric increases.