Did the first human ancestor originate in the Balkans? New fossil shows evidence of bipedalism

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.
Smithsonian Magazine

15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...
Scientific American

Humanity’s Origins Paint Our Ancestors as Lovers, Not Fighters

At the heart of scientific questions about the origins of humanity lie questions of human nature. Are Homo sapiens intrinsically lovers or fighters, predators or prey, lucky survivors or inevitable ...
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Out of Eden Walk: The origin story of the human species is still being written

The origin story of the human species is far from set in stone. But what is set in stone is the fossil evidence that scientists study as they piece together our origin story. National Geographic ...
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Million-year-old sea crossing near ‘Hobbit’s’ island rewrites early human history

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evidence from Sulawesi shows early human relatives crossed deep ocean waters more than a million years ago—centuries before modern ...