Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than you may realize.

floresiensis) and the enigmatic Homo species from Dmanisi have dramatic ... taxonomic and phylogenetic debates relevant to each genus. As an heuristic device, then, the regions where these ...

First, species emerge rapidly when ecological competition is minimal, then they plateau and decline as competition intensifies and niches fill. Yet, the Homo genus, which includes modern humans ...

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the ...

the genus Homo. There have been many species similar to us that have lived over the last two million years. Some co-existed with modern humans in Asia and Europe as recently as 40,000 years ago. Who ...

These specimens are part of a new species now referred to as Homo ... However, scientists are certain that Homo Naledi is part of the genus Homo along with us human beings. The discovery was ...

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...

Pink’s species may have even preceded Homo erectus ... Pleistocene suggests that this region was a key point in the evolutionary history of the genus Homo,” paleontologist and study co-director Eudald ...

Over the years, discoveries of the remains of ancient humans different to the Homo sapiens genus have slowly picked apart the ...

It is much smaller than the American robin, Turdus migratorius, which belongs to a different genus. The grouping of families was added to allow the large number of new species to be included in ...

The researchers concluded that it is a new genus and species because the fossils ... chief researcher at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities and associate professor at the University ...