An international team of scientists has found out that two types of ancient people originated in Africa, and not one, as previously thought. To clarify this issue, they analyzed the area of dental ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

Fossils found in Georgia challenge existing theories of human origins, suggesting two early human species coexisted at the Dmanisi site.

Discover how 210‑million‑year‑old dinosaur footprints in Stelvio National Park illuminate prosauropod behavior and today’s Alpine landscape.

Little Foot’ does not fit into any known species, prompting the suggestion that an as-yet unidentified human ancestor may ...

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

In a remarkable development, drones have uncovered a deadly virus in Arctic whales, sparking new concerns about the health and future of these majestic marine ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

A newly reconstructed 1.5-million-year-old fossil from Ethiopia is offering rare insight into the earliest migrations of ...

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

Scientists challenge past conclusions about "Little Foot," an enigmatic ancient human fossil, now arguing that it is an ...