Discover why some paleoanthropologists are calling for the reclassification of all human species and close relatives, like ...

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

Uncover 25 shocking new discoveries about our ancient human relatives. From Dragon Man to new Homo sapiens origins, rethink ...

What if everything we thought we knew about our human ancestors was wrong? New research is challenging the way we classify ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, ...

The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the ...

(Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same ...

Humanity’s family tree is long and tangled. Scientists sort our ancient relatives into three familiar groups: Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus. Each of these is a “genus”, the rank just above a ...

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.