As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches. But fossils are often difficult to categorize neatly as one species or another. Like all creatures, no two ...

An excellent example of this shuffling is the change in usage of the term "hominid ... researchers now place all species of great ape and human within a single family, Hominidae - making them ...

and the most primitive hominid species known. Discussion continues over whether Ardipithecus is a hominid or not, whether it walked on two feet or not, and what its relationship is to the 3.9?.

Darwin's great insight, and the unifying principle of biology today, is that all species are related to one another like sisters, cousins, and distant kin in a vast family tree of life.

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

Erin Wayman is a science and human evolution blogger for Hominid Hunting ... many now-defunct hominid species that no longer have a place on the human family tree A longer life expectancy might ...

guggenmosi another unique distinction: it’s the only known hominid that shared its habitat with a member of the same family in Europe. This new potential species—described in a study published ...

MAROPENG, South Africa (AFP) - Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found ... It is also probable that they could climb trees. "Australopithecus sediba appears to ...