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

A new fossil analysis supports the idea a human ancestor was walking upright far earlier than previously thought.

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

Natural history is a difficult thing to conceptualize. You’ve got eons of undocumented progress, like the evolution of many species. Take, for example, the Australopithecus, an ancient great ape ...

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