New burial dating techniques applied to South African cave sediments reveal that Australopithecus fossils are far older than ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved ...

Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.