In July, South African paleontologists reported finding "a locomotor missing link" in the hominid fossil record. The foot bones of a species that lived as much as 3.5 million years ago ...

As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches ... This is the story of our distant relatives, as told by the fossil record.

Which adaptations were likely present in the earliest hominoids? 1) A deficient fossil record. There are few Oligocene sites in Africa that represent the appropriate time period, and although ...

At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...

The hominid, nearly two million years old ... filling in a blank spot in the fossil record. If so, then the Cradle could be the site where hominids evolved beyond their more ape-like features ...

The newly discovered hominid was named Neanderthal—thal is ... director of the museum’s Human Origins Program, describes as a “fossil treasure case.” Shanidar 3, Potts adds, “is the ...

Your article on sabre teeth reminds me of a visit I made to a fossil site in South Africa. Using a hominid skull and two curved fingers, a researcher graphically illustrated how a sabre-toothed ...