It has long been thought that hominins – the taxonomic tribe to which humans belong – first appeared in Africa around 7 million years ago. However, researchers may have just found the remains of an ...

One eye-catching detail is the researchers’ estimate that the bone likely belonged to a small female, about 24 kg, and nicknamed “Diva.” Spassov noted the fossil seems to sit somewhere between older, ...

EXPERTS have long believed human lineage split from apes some seven million years ago in Africa, but a recent discovery is set to change this. Scientists have traced the first hominid species to ...