Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

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.

New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.

The researchers have just used it to study an ancient human ancestor called Australopithecus, which lived around 3 million years ago. "These are still fairly ape-like, small-brained hominins ...

Analyzing the chemistry of some ancient teeth has revealed what human ancestors were eating around 3 million years ago. A new study of early human ancestors who lived millions of years ago ...