Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study ...

Darwin's great insight, and the unifying principle of biology today, is that all species are related to one another like sisters, cousins, and distant kin in a vast family tree of life.

The Myth of the Ever-Changing Hominin Phylogeny One of the common plaints leveled against paleoanthropologists is that they are constantly re-arranging the human evolutionary tree. Indeed ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

The track-making species Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei are on two different branches of the hominin family tree. Smithsonian Human Origins Program, modified by author from original artwork ...

Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human family tree, including species such as the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis and the powerfully built Homo naledi. A pinkie ...

The Juluren, named for their large skulls, had brains larger than any other hominin of their time, including modern Homo sapiens, raising questions about their cognitive abilities. Fossils like ...