Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

The discovery of ancient human skeletons provides fascinating glimpses into our distant past, revealing how our ancestors lived ... Below are some of the oldest human skeletons ever discovered, each ...

By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.

Lucy is arguably the most significant fossil representative of this early hominin species ever found ... anatomy so distinctive of a human skeleton, of a human ancestor skeleton.

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a ...

BAFFLED scientists have unearthed the world’s oldest human DNA in Europe – with a key part of our history and family tree ...

Our ancestor "Lucy," a young adult ... discovered her remarkably complete skeleton in Ethiopia. Today, Lucy is an important touchstone in human evolution because she lived 3.2 million years ...

Lucy was the oldest and most complete skeleton of the human ancestor Australopithecus, when she was discovered half a century ago. The researchers who discovered Lucy were American, and at the ...

The 52 bone fragments, amounting to some 40 percent of Lucy's skeleton, was, at the time, the most complete ever found ... age" in our understanding of human ancestors. "The impact of the ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known ... 40 percent of Lucy's skeleton, was, at the time, the most complete ever found, and revolutionised the understanding of our ancestors.