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

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...

The oldest ancestor of humans may be a seven-million-year-old ape, which started walking upright two million years earlier than other hominids.

In the latest twist in human evolution, scientists have discovered that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belonged to a previously unknown ancient relative. Dated to around 3.4 million years ago, ...

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Fossil evidence from Ethiopia has rewritten human history, showing Australopithecus lived one million years earlier than previously believed. These new findings bridge the gap between early ape-like ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

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Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...