An international research team reports an unusually well-preserved Homo habilis skeleton that dates to just over 2 million ...

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

So what becomes of the fact of the “cradle of humankind” when the first unambiguous representatives of the Homo sapiens turn out not in the east, but in the extreme northwest of the continent? In the ...

The idea that Homo naledi may have intentionally placed their dead in South Africa’s Rising Star cave is fascinating, but are we reading too much into the evidence?

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago.

A skeleton found in the Lake Turkana Basin area of northern Kenya is the most complete set of remains ever found of Homo ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

Mark Thiessan/National Geographic Bigger brains may not equate to higher intelligence after all, according to a remarkable discovery about an early hominin. Homo naledi, a hominin discovered in the ...