Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...

About 1.5 million years ago, two different species of early man likely came within hours of passing each other on the shores ...

Scientists make their case for classifying an extinct group that lived in northern China until 120,000 years ago as a ...

In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

The hominid was discovered on November 24, 1974, in the Afar region of northeast Ethiopia by a team of scientists led by ...

A study by an international team reveals 1.5-million-year-old footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya, showing two distinct ...

An excellent example of this shuffling is the change in usage of the term "hominid." Traditionally, only human ancestors were placed in the family Hominidae (and thereby referred to as hominids).

The most primitive hominid yet found, this species has more chimpanzee-like features than any other human ancestor. Ardipithecus ramidus may have walked upright. Other fossils discovered with A.