Anthropologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a human ancestor dating back 3.2 million years.
Arachnophobia could be an evolutionary response based on the danger that spiders posed to our ancestors.
Our distant ancestors came in a variety of different shapes and sizes, just like modern humans do today.
A genome study has pinpointed when mankind's most recent common male ancestor would have lived.
The discovery has pushed back the emergence of the earliest humans by up to 400,000 years.
Gibbons may communicate in a way that is similar to how early humans spoke millions of years ago.
Our species developed more fragile bones when our ancestors switched from hunting to agriculture.
Our early primate ancestors are likely to have consumed alcohol in the form of fermented fruit.
Scientists have revealed new details about our prehistoric ancestors thanks to a fossil thighbone.
Archaeologists have uncovered where Peru's ancient ancestors would have observed the heavens.
The facial features of our male ancestors may have been an evolutionary defense against fist fights.
Dubbed 'platypus-zilla', the ancient ancestor of today's platypus was thought to be over 1m in length.
New evidence suggests that Neanderthals may have taught our ancestors how to make some types of tools.
The pre-mammalian rodent-like creature is offering new insights in to how our distant ancestors lived.
What was it that lead our distant ancestors to move from walking on four legs to walking on two ?
The ancestors of modern humans may have hunted down Neanderthals and used them as a food source.
The controversial theory that humans evolved from amphibious apes has been gaining new support.
The two-million-year-old fossil remains of an ancient human ancestor have been uncovered in South Africa.
Our ancestors used stone-tipped spears to hunt for food more than 200,000 years earlier than thought.
Excavated panda fossils hold clues suggesting that our ancestors may have viewed pandas as a food source.