The names scientists give to humanity’s ancient relatives are more than labels. They encode a story about who counts as close ...

The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the ...

Discover why some paleoanthropologists are calling for the reclassification of all human species and close relatives, like ...

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

Taxonomy is the science of classification according to a predetermined system, with the resulting catalog used to provide a conceptual framework for discussion, analysis or information retrieval. The ...

The meaning of taxonomic statements / George Gaylord Simpson -- East African fossil Hominoidea and the classification within the super-family / L.S.B. Leakey -- Quantitative taxonomy and human ...

The official body charged with virus classification has released four new principles that bring order to the viral world. This provides a unified framework that will enable all viruses to be ...