Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.
Jillian Lauren speaks out after being shot by police, filing for divorce from Weezer bassist Scott Shriner Watch this boy's ...
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.
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 ...
New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...
All year long, these moments captivated the public, demonstrated dangerous trends, and pushed research and innovation forward ...
Nowadays archaeologists guess that ancient humans first entered the Americas as long as 24,000 years ago, perhaps via a sea ...
He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world.