Keith called Dart’s hypothesis preposterous, declaring Dart too inexperienced to know what he was really examining—just a juvenile ape, according to ...

Sexual dimorphism—the physical differences between males and females of a species—has long been a defining feature of primates, shaping their social ...

Stone tools are often thought of as deliberately crafted artifacts, chipped and shaped by early hominins to serve a particular function. But new research ...

For over a century, Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania has been the stage for some of the most profound discoveries in human evolution. It has yielded fossils and ...

The story of humanity's expansion out of Africa has long been marked by unanswered questions about the timing, routes, and survival of early hominins in ...

✽ Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see ...

Archaeologists first discovered signs of H. erectus in Java, Indonesia, in the 1890s. Later, they found a phenomenal ...