We don't know which traits in a given fossil were new features in their evolution and which were hold-overs from primitive ancestors. The hominid family tree could be bushy, or it could be more like a ...

In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

And this list is getting longer. As scientists discover new fossils, the hominid family tree grows new branches. But fossils are often difficult to categorize neatly as one species or another.

Compared to the lesser primates, such as monkeys and lemurs, we five "hominid" primates are tailless ... In this family tree, have a look at what sets us and the four other hominids apart from ...

good vision and other primate adaptations emerged because the mammals plucked fruits from the ends of tree branches A hominid that lived in Europe more than a million years ago might have given ...