Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research ...

Humans are overwhelmingly right-handed, but scientists have long struggled to explain why no other primate species shows ...

Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last ...

In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans, also called the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA), recent single-origin hypothesis (RSOH), replacement hypothesis, or recent African origin ...

For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments ...

Early humans : of whom do we speak? / Richard E. Leakey -- Homo habilis - a premature discovery : remembered by one of its founding fathers, 42 years later / Phillip V. Tobias -- Where does the genus ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A fossil cranium, which is around 1 million years old and was initially ...

The oldest distinguishing feature between humans and our ape cousins is our ability to walk on two legs—a trait known as bipedalism. Among mammals, only humans and our ancestors perform this atypical ...