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

Homo habilis has long been considered the earliest member of the human genus, known for its association with early stone ...

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

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

Ten fossil teeth belong to new Australopithecus species Found in Afar Region, they are 2.65 million years old This species coexisted with an early Homo species Fossils underscore complex nature of ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

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.

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. One of the things I try to do in Our Human Story is answer ...

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