"Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative, couldn't run very fast, according to a new study. But modeling her running ability has provided new insights into the evolution of human anatomy ...

Similar to the Cosmic Perspective, The Primate Perspective offers us a more grounded and rational understanding of who we are ...

Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old ancestor of humans, has once again helped scientists learn more about our early evolution -- specifically, how we walk and run on two legs. Computer models of her ...

The partial skeleton of this small-bodied, relatively small-brained female captured the public’s imagination. Lucy the “paleo-rock star” took our major fossil evidence for bipedal walking ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert environments, ...

Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...