A stunning discovery in China is shaking up what we thought we knew about human evolution. Scientists have uncovered a ...

And this list is getting longer. 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.

good vision and other primate adaptations emerged because the mammals plucked fruits from the ends of tree branches A hominid that lived in Europe more than a million years ago might have given ...