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

In a paper in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, researchers argue that a 7.2-million-year-old femur from the Azmaka site preserves a blend of traits consistent with an early, transitional ...

Images: N. Spassov, D. Youlatos, M. Böhme, R. Bogdanova, L. Hristova, D. Begun The Graecopithecus femur from Azmaka, Bulgaria, (left ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...