WASHINGTON – Fossils have long provided snapshots of the human family tree, but a new find in Africa gives scientists a kind of mini home movie showing man's primal development. Because the ...

A new method to estimate sexual dimorphism in fossil species near the base of our family tree has been just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), through the joint ...

For the first time, scientists have thoroughly described Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. Several new studies offer the first ...

Let’s get one thing straight: Willow Smith’s “Ardipithecus” is, by any measure, better than any pop record you will ever hear from a 15 year old. Smith, the sole writer and producer for almost the ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (UPI) --Willow Smith tweeted a link to her surprise debut album Friday after only vaguely hinting at its release. The 15-year-old singer and Marc Jacobs spokesmodel's album named ...

Teen visionary Willow Smith has been dropping allusions to December 11 on Twitter, and now it’s clear why. This morning, the singer releases her debut album Ardipithecus, available on U.S. iTunes here ...

If her social media activity is any indication, Willow Smith doesn’t speak (or tweet) unless she has something compelling to share. Accordingly, Willow’s cryptic tweets about Dec. 11 seemed to signal ...