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.

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

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in ...

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 ...

In 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek walked out of Ethiopia’s Rift Valley, the beginning of a seven-year journey on foot to follow the trails of the first Homo Sapiens. Two ...

It's Thanksgiving, and those pants are feeling a bit tighter than before dinner. While it might be tempting to curl up on the couch and take a nap, consider going for a "fart walk" instead. Mairlyn ...

Everyone knows walking is good for you, and many of us count our daily steps. But is it better to take a longer walk than a comparable number of steps spread across the day? A multinational team of ...

New research looks into the importance of walking “bouts” in addition to step count when it comes to heart health. People who take less than 5,000 steps per day or walk in bouts of five minutes or ...

Before the pandemic reshaped the workplace, my leadership philosophy was guided by a simple acronym: MBWA — Management by Walking Around. At its core, MBWA is about stepping out of your office and ...