Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...

When a small set of ancient foot bones turned up in Ethiopia years ago, the fossils raised more questions than answers. The pieces were odd enough to stand out from anything scientists had seen from ...

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Newfound fossils in modern-day Ethiopia suggest that the mysterious foot belonged to a recently named species, Australopithecus deyiremeda. The finding could alter the story of human evolution ...

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY, MI – A body was found washed up on the Lake Huron shoreline and police are asking for help in the case. On Wednesday, Nov. 26, troopers from the Michigan State Police Alpena Post ...

A woman found dead near the edge of a mountainside in San Bernardino County nearly two weeks ago has been identified as a Newport Beach resident who went missing last month. San Bernardino County ...

A man was found dead on the side of the road Sunday night in an Absecon neighborhood, police said. Officers responded to a 911 call reporting a man lying in the roadway in the area of South Shore Road ...