The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

This skull now thought to have belonged to a male. Often found alongside animal bones, Australopithecus africanus was once considered a “killer ape.” Now we know that members of this early human ...

Iconic ‘Dragon Man’ Skull Offers First Glimpse of What a Denisovan’s Face Looked Like, New Genetic Studies Suggest The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now ...

A side-by-side comparison of the optimal maximal speed running gait of the Au. afarensis model with modern human-like tricep surae muscle architecture. Credit: Bates, Karl T. et al., 2025 Lucy is one ...

It's the first full 3D skull of a land-based snake species that sported hind legs.

This collection of viewable hominin fossil 3D models was produced by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program by 3D scanning casts and other replicas which are now on display in the Hall of Human ...