Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

A team of international scientists has discovered new fossils at a field site in Africa that indicate Australopithecus, and ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

Beneath the Yucatán Peninsula lies a sacred Mayan cave system, once a gateway to the underworld, now a frontline in the fight ...

A set of teeth discovered in Ethiopia likely belonged to a previously unidentified species of early human-like ancestors.

New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than ...

A team of researchers led by ASU found strange fossils in Ethiopia. They believe they've discovered a new species related to ...

Man’s ancestors transported stones over long distances to craft tools 2.6 million years ago – 600,000 years earlier than ...

The danger today may not be as acute as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. But it is much more diffuse, complicated and ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you ...