Homo habilis has long been described as the first species in the Homo genus, but its place in human evolution remains controversial. Fossils from Tanzania and Kenya show a mix of humanlike and ...

Homo erectus may be the most important extinct human species in our evolutionary history. Emerging around 2 million years ago and surviving until roughly 117,000 to 108,000 years ago, it spread out of ...

For most of the 20th century, the model of human origins was a tree: with the trunk dividing into branches, and then twigs.

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later human species, including Homo sapiens.

Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered new information suggesting a potential connection between Homo ...

A momentous discovery in South Africa could turn our understanding of human history on its head. A non-human creature dubbed Homo naledi was discovered nearly a decade ago — and researchers now ...

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Elena Zavala of the University of California, Berkeley, about new research showing how homo sapiens and Neanderthals interacted and may have even interbred. About ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The last known members of the Homo erectus species were killed in a ...