The advantages of bipedalism paved the way for the evolution of Homo sapiens. Bipedal Australopithecus are the ancestors of modern man. Even so, consequences formed from this two-legged locomotion.

Learn how with painstaking effort, archaeological artists bring back faces from the past.

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

The Dawn of Mankind Our journey begins in the depths of time, where our earliest ancestors roamed the earth. These ...

Ever since Charles Darwin detailed the mechanism of evolution by means of natural selection in 1859, scientists have had a ...

We can begin to control anxiety when we understand its genetic survival value, recognize its distortions, and learn how to ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first ...

and how we might be able to pick up some sleep tips from our early ancestors. The life of prehistoric Homo sapiens diverged from ours in many ways, but when it comes to sleep, we followed some ...

Imagine two Homo sapiens ancestors eating a meal of raw squirrel 300,000 years ago. One enjoys the sunset so much that he ignores the rustling behind a bush. His meal partner, a much wiser ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first ...