... the reconstruction of the distribution of prehistoric animals from the locations of known fossils can be misleading.

One of the more complete gracile australopithecine skulls is that of Sts 5 found in 1936 by Robert Broom at the site of Sterkfontein, South Africa.

...a report of a new region containing hominid fossils was found.

The earliest hominids, the australopithecines, evolved in Africa sometime between four and five million years ago.

For decades Neandertals have been portrayed as the first hominids to systematically and ritually bury their dead.

In the Fall edition of Physical Anthropology Update we reported on new comparative studies of the human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan Y chromosome.

The find is the only known anthropoid skeleton, other than Oreopithecus, that has been found that dates between the 18-million-year-old...

The average IQ score has increased each generation since these tests were first administered shortly after the beginning of this century.

Several studies have demonstrated a difference in IQ scores between different ethnic groups within the United States.