This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

(Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful of teeth found at the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia suggest that diverse ...

The ape-like human ancestor Australopithecus—perhaps best known from the iconic fossil ‘Lucy’—might not have had much meat on its menu. After examining more than 3.3-million-year-old remains from ...

Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there. When you purchase through links on our ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...