Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.
For years, a small set of foot bones from Ethiopia sat at the center of a quiet puzzle, so scientists kept circling back to ...
The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...
Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones - which is crucial for ...
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones — which is crucial for ...
After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...
New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...
A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.