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 ...

Researchers were intrigued by peculiar light-colored rocks that NASA 's Perseverance rover discovered on the Martian surface. Upon closer inspection, the rocks turned out to be kaolinite, an ...

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, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan State Police are asking the public for help identifying a man's body found on the Lake Huron shore in Presque Isle County last week. Police say the man's ...

QUAY COUNTY (KCBD) - The Quay County Sheriff’s Office said it is working with the New Mexico State Police, Panhandle Police Department and the Texas Rangers to learn more about the death of a Lubbock ...