A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds.

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

MAROPENG, South Africa (AFP) - Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found in South Africa have shed light on a previously unknown stage in human evolution, ...

Newly found footprints show at least two hominid species were walking through the submerged edge of a lake in the Turkana Basin in Kenya at the same time. The discovery, from the renowned hominid ...

As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches. But fossils are often difficult to categorize neatly as one species or another. Like all creatures, no two ...

In 2003, researchers discovered the remains of an ancient hominid species in a cave called Liang Bua on the island of Flores, Indonesia. Named homo floresiensis after the island, these human ...

guggenmosi another unique distinction: it’s the only known hominid that shared its habitat with a member of the same family in Europe. This new potential species—described in a study published ...

Romania is making strides in the archaeological world after new evidence confirmed the presence of ancient hominins in the ...

where some of paleoanthropology's most iconic fossils have been found The history of anthropology is littered with many now-defunct hominid species that no longer have a place on the human family ...