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 prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

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 ...

Why not have a go at filling in your own family tree and colouring it in. Families come in all shapes and sizes and every one is different. Download and print this sheet then talk to your family ...

in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp's) SPECIAL FEATURES: oldest known hominin; set apart from other fossil apes by smaller ...

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 ...