Scientists uncover fossils suggesting Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a 7-million-year-old ancestor, could walk upright. Could this tiny bipedal ape-like hominin rewrite what we know about the earliest ...

Scientists have unearthed the remains of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, potentially one of our earliest ancestors. A new analysis ...

It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...

It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

A new analysis of these primordial bones offers evidence that Sahelanthropus was our first known ancestor to regularly walk on two feet, a sign that bipedalism evolved early in our lineage.

A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily on two feet. A new analysis of fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal walking go back 7 million years.

A long-running and bitterly fought dispute over whether the earliest known hominin had a knuckle-walking gait, like ...

A new fossil analysis supports the idea a human ancestor was walking upright far earlier than previously thought.

From Doom and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to Metropolis, Hollywood hasn’t predicted the most stable of years ahead ...