A member of the family (see TAXONOMY) Hominidae, which includes modern Homo sapiens (modern men and women) and our extinct relatives. (Note though that Homo sapiens is often excluded from this: in the same way that once separates man from the animals,...

Modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) and their known predecessors Ardipithecus , Australopithecus , Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens neanderthal are hominids. The key characteristic of hominids is upright posture and a bipedal mode of...

A hominid is any member of the biological family Hominidae (the "great apes"), including the extinct and extant humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. This classification has been revised several times in the last few decades. These various...

Fossil riches in the Horn of Africa have sparked decades of cutthroat competition. REVIEW History, they say, is written by the winners. If so, we may have been missing some good books. Jon Kalb's engrossing account of discovery and disappointment in the...

Questions about early hominids are not limited to foraging and scavenging strategies. Scientists are of two minds, for example, concerning the development of the early hominid brain. The disagreement centers on two researchers, Ralph L. Holloway of Columbia University in New York...

Ethiopian officials on Saturday accused forces from archrival Eritrea of kidnapping five British citizens and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote region near the African countries' long-disputed border, then taking the group to a military camp in Eritrea.The claims could not be independently verified....

A fossil tour doesn't have to mean an aging rock band's reunion concerts. The State Department gave final approval Wednesday for one of the world's most famous fossils _ the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 _ to tour the U.S. on...

Relationship between brain Expansion and the Appearance of Tool-Making in Hominids