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

A fossilized foot discovered in Ethiopia and left unclassified for over a decade has now been linked to a little-known human ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a new study ...

A REPLICA of the remains of a more than 3-million-year-old female hominid known as "Lucy" at the National Museum in Addis Ababa August 7, 2007. (photo credit: REUTERS/Barry Malone) Scientists studying ...