Thus, the common term for the lineage of fossil and modern humans ... As well, the popularity of terms like “hominid” and “australopithecine,” which seeped into public awareness in the ...

For much of our history, we coexisted with other members of our genus, and our prehistoric ancestors didn’t waste the ...

We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time period known as the Miocene, just before our lineage diverged from that of chimpanzees and bonobos.

In Ethiopia, they found hominid skull, jaw, and arm bones plus a few teeth that dated back to 4.4 million years ago. That would make these the oldest hominid ancestors yet identified, and the most ...