Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

Indonesia's ancient "hobbits" may have endured not as daring hunters but as scavengers that capitalized on whatever food they ...

This video traces the long evolutionary path from the first primates about 85 million years ago to modern Homo sapiens.

Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.

Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, ...