For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

The pair belonged to the species Homo habilis, an extinct hominin that’s one of the earliest representatives of the same genus as our species, Homo. They first appeared in East Africa around 2.4 ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

In this video, discover Homo habilis, the first species in the Homo genus and a key figure in human evolution. Delve into whether Homo habilis should be classified as a human species or more ...

A skull washed on up on the shore of a New Jersey beach back in 1995, with further bone fragments appearing in 1999 and 2013. As a result, the set of remains earned the nickname “Scattered Man ...