As of today, humankind may have a new mother, and she looks nothing like we expected her to. Described in a series of papers published Thursday in Science, Ardi — short for Ardipithecus ramidus — ...

Surprise, surprise! Will Smith dropped her official debut album today (Dec 11) without warning. The 15-track project’s material was largely self written and produced. Her big bro Jaden and musical ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Teen visionary Willow Smith has been dropping allusions to December 11 on Twitter, and now it’s clear why. This morning, the singer releases her debut album Ardipithecus, available on U.S. iTunes here ...

An impression of what "Ardi" would have looked like based on the fossil finds An ancient human-like creature that may be a direct ancestor to our species has been described by researchers. The ...

A new method to estimate sexual dimorphism in fossil species near the base of our family tree has been just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), through the joint ...

Following in the tradition of all the secret albums that have been dropping lately, Willow Smith released her surprise and weirdly-named album Ardipithecus on Dec. 11, with 15 songs on it, the ...

Willow Smith, all grown-up! The 15-year-old singer quietly dropped her debut album, Ardipithecus, on Friday, Dec. 11, proving to fans that she’s come a long way from 2011’s hit “Whip My Hair.” Smith, ...

For the first time, scientists have thoroughly described Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. Several new studies offer the first ...

If her social media activity is any indication, Willow Smith doesn’t speak (or tweet) unless she has something compelling to share. Accordingly, Willow’s cryptic tweets about Dec. 11 seemed to signal ...

C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University spearheaded the studies on how Ardipithecus moved. He and his colleagues argue that its pelvis could support its upper body during bipedal walking. It wasn't a ...

Fresh on the heels of her brother Jaden Smith announcing that he’s coming out with a book of philosophical essays, Willow Smith has released a surprise music album entitled “Ardipithecus.” The first ...