This cave was probably a death trap. Nearly 800,000 years ago, carnivores dragged prey into a hollow carved into coastal rock ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

New fossils unearthed in Morocco could help solve the mystery of how Homo sapiens diverged from other ancient humans like ...

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

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

This tiny bump on an ancient thigh bone has become a big deal for anyone trying to pin down when the human story truly began.

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

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

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

As we wait for the Alisera to arrive, White explains that the team returns to this hostile spot year after year because it’s the only place in the world to yield fossils that span such a long stretch ...