At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...

This collection of viewable hominin fossil 3D models was produced by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program by 3D scanning casts and other replicas which are now on display in the Hall of Human ...

One of the oldest hominin fossils ever found was unearthed in 1994 by a team of scientists led by paleoanthropologist Tim White. The partial skeleton was located in Ethiopia and declared a new ...

However, a new analysis of an Au. anamensis jawbone that was first discovered in East Turkana, Kenya, in 2011 has indicated that this particular individual lived 4.3 million years ago, and was ...

The discovery of the first species of African hominin, Australopithecus africanus, from Taung, South Africa in 1924, launched the study of fossil man in Africa. New discoveries continue to confirm the ...