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

Modern humans are the latest in a long line of creatures belonging to the Homo genus, although until now we knew relatively ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an international research team. The famous “Little Foot” skeleton from South Africa has ...

Dust and sun define field seasons in East Turkana. So do patience and sharp eyes. In northern Kenya, a set of bones pulled from the ground has now changed what scientists can say about one of your ...

Learn how a 2.6-million-year-old Paranthropus jaw from Ethiopia’s Afar region is reshaping scientists’ understanding of early ...

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

The classification of one of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever discovered, the skeleton known as Little Foot, has been called into question by an international research team led from La ...

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...

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

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

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

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