Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and died. When you purchase through links on our ...

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 ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...

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.

One of the most significant contributions in the history of propulsion technology came from a 19th-century engineer named Rudolf Diesel. While his idea was patented in the 1890s, it wouldn't be until ...

Screaming into the void has roots in “Electra,” which has a lot to teach us about the thrill — and limits — of raised voices. Credit...Maciek Jasik for The New York Times Supported by By Jordan Kisner ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil is telling his life story in a memoir titled A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond. The autobiography is being published by Harper ...

Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil will chronicle his life as a son of immigrants and rock pioneer in his new book, A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond, set to arrive next year ...