Scientists have been studying a new species of huge prehistoric crocodile that could have seen our early human ancestors as a ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins ...

It has long been thought that hominins – the taxonomic tribe to which humans belong – first appeared in Africa around 7 ...

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Scientists discover half-tonne, 15ft giant crocodile that hunted our ancestor ‘Lucy’ - Extinct crocodile species had peculiar ...

OUR early human ancestors faced a life-threatening monster lurking in rivers and lakes. Scientists have uncovered evidence of a giant mega-croc beast that measured up to a whooping 15 feet in ...

So when did our human ancestors start making tools? Well, the earliest artifacts that we know of date back more than 3 million years, but early finds had been scattered and inconsistent until new ...

Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...