A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel’s Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...

At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...

Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus greatly exceeded the size of modern African elephants. Adults grew to around four meters tall at ...

and the first migration of hominids outside Africa. The Nariokotome boy and his kind represent the beginning of a new phase of human prehistory.

Once they had thought the development of a large brain or the making and use of stone tools was the pivotal early evolutionary innovation setting human ancestors, the hominids, apart from the apes.

Journal of Archaeological Science 20, 365-398 (1993). Domínguez-Rodrigo, M. Meat-eating by early hominids at the FLK 22 Zinjanthropus site, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania): an experimental approach ...

Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi:' First Major Analysis of One of Earliest Known Hominids (5 of 5)...American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi:' First ...

It’s possible, though, that Danuvius independently evolved a form of upright walking on tree branches that had nothing to do with the appearance of a two-legged gait in hominids, says DeSilva ...