A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

Mineral deposits found on the fossilized remains of Australopithecus sediba could be early human skin. (Courtesy Lee Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand) The 2.2-million-year-old fossils of ...

In 1998, a unique fossil was discovered in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves, a site long associated with discoveries of interest to paleoanthropologists. The specimen, nicknamed “Little Foot,” was ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have solved the mystery of 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the "Burtele Foot" discovered in Ethiopia in 2009, finding they belonged to an enigmatic human ...

In 2009, paleoanthropologists found eight bones from the foot of an ancient human ancestor in 3.4-million-year-old sediments at the paleontological site of Woranso-Mille in the Afar Rift in Ethiopia.

Australopithecus Africanus lived around 3.3 – 2.1 million years ago in Southern Africa, hence the name Australopithecus (Southern ape) Africanus (from Africa). Two skulls have been discovered to be ...

Ancient proteins from fossil teeth have opened a surprising window into the genetic past of Paranthropus robustus, a long-extinct hominin from South Africa. New evidence suggests this cousin of early ...

New fossils from Ethiopia reveal that early Homo and Australopithecus species lived side by side 2.6 million years ago. Credit: Shutterstock New findings reveal the geological age, context, and ...

Megan Malherbe is affiliated with the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, and the Human Evolution Research Institute at the University of Cape Town. Understanding what the ...

Hand bones from a human relative, found in Kenya, reveal features similar to those of living gorillas, complicating the evolutionary history of hand and tool manipulation. Tracy L. Kivell is in the ...

In the arid, fossil-rich sediment layers of Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar Region, a new window into human evolution has been revealed, challenging long-held assumptions about who walked the Earth ...