Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...

When did our ancestors go from walking on all fours to just two? It’s a question that researchers have been trying to answer for a century. Last week, a Tacoma Community College anthropology professor ...