About 2 million years ago, our Homo erectus ancestors first got the ability to walk and run on two legs efficiently. However, approximately 4 million years ago, other earlier relatives ...

Ready? First read some details about yourself below, then move on to the first of your ancestors shown here. Okay, rewind the clock 1,600,000 years. You've gone back 64,000 generations in your ...

An early human ancestor of our species successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed a mix of ape-like and human-like traits, consumed very little or no meat ...