While it shares features with modern humans, H. habilis also has traits that would have given it an advantage in climbing ...

Skeletal remains found in a South African cave may yield new clues to human development and answer key questions of the evolution of the human lineage, according to a new series of papers. Skeletal ...

New research suggests that the human face evolved to minimize injuries from punches during fights between males. The study noted the evolution of human faces occurred as man's ancestors, known as ...

1.2 to 4.4 million years ago was a happening time in human evolution. It’s when our evolutionary branch — the hominins — diversified into about a dozen species, collectively known as Australopiths. So ...