The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

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 ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

From a dog that 'sees with its nose' to an eagle spotting humans kilometres away, animal senses work in fascinating ways.

Iconic ‘Little Foot’ may actually be new human species, scientists say - Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australopithecus is an extinct group of ape-like modern human relatives—or potentially ancestors—that walked upright and ...

A recent study reveals that humans are more monogamous than primates but less so than beavers, based on sibling analysis across species.