Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the ...

The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new ...

Dr. Johanson and his team were looking for the evolutionary “missing link”… the creature who had evolved from a plain old ape ...

Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

Explore key historical events from Nov. 24-30: from JFK's assassin being shot on live TV, to the mysterious D.B. Cooper ...