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

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

Scientists made a surprising discovery when studying fossils of a distant human relative – Paranthropus robustus ...

The Homo genus began approximately 2.3 million years ago with Homo Habilis, the first species in this lineage, which led to modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens. Fossils of Homo Habilis were found ...

The similarities between the Mata Menge fossils and Homo erectus fossils from Indonesia's island of Java provide strong evidence that Homo floresiensis descended from that species, the researchers ...

Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis Date: August 6, 2024 Source: Griffith University Summary: A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare ...

Homo habilis lived 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago, and Homo erectus lived 1.89 million to 110,000 years ago. Previously, scientists thought these early humans had brains much like modern humans.

On top of Homo sapiens, at least eight other species of our genus have walked Earth: Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo erectus, Homo antecessor, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo naledi, Homo ...