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 ...

The first human-like traits to appear in the hominin fossil record are bipedal walking and smaller, blunt canines.

And there were more hominin tracks, coming our way out of the strata. It was awe-inspiring to realize we were connecting with a moment in the life of a hominin that walked here 1½ million years ago.

I’m an assistant professor of hominin environments and the PI of the Hominin Ecology research group ... with arid climate and harsh winters. Different from the traditional taxonomy-based methods, I ...

Even today on the shore of modern Lake Turkana, it’s easy to slip into hippo prints, especially if the water is a bit cloudy. We joked about being sorry our hominin track-maker didn’t fall on ...