A fascinating new discovery has emerged from Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru Research Area, where researchers uncovered fossilized teeth that challenge our understanding of early human evolution. According to ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Early humans : of whom do we speak? / Richard E. Leakey -- Homo habilis - a premature discovery : remembered by one of its founding fathers, 42 years later / Phillip V. Tobias -- Where does the genus ...

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 ...

“For over a hundred years, it was hypothesized that our ancestors lived in grassland savannahs and that this major ecosystem change drove human evolution, including the origins of bipedalism and ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

The latest discoveries in Central China's Henan province are filling critical gaps in understanding East Asia's role in human ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Saini Samim receives funding from the Melbourne Research Schorship provided by the University of Melbourne. She has also received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Turkana Basin ...