What you’ll discover in this article... ・The way we categorize extinct human ancestors doesn’t reflect our family tree, and ...

The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, ...

Humanity’s family tree is long and tangled. Scientists sort our ancient relatives into three familiar groups: Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus. Each of these is a “genus”, the rank just above a ...

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.