New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

Fossil evidence from Ethiopia has rewritten human history, showing Australopithecus lived one million years earlier than ...

Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei. They have been surprised by a mix of human-like and gorilla-like traits in the ...

Virgin Galactic’s third commercial spaceflight has taken to the skies—but it wasn’t just carrying a cargo of wealthy investors in search of a taste of microgravity. Two very different passengers were ...

A 2-million-year-old protein sequence has revealed an unexpected twist in human ancestry, one scientists didn’t see coming.

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

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From Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, this video explores how humans evolved across millions of years of adaptation, survival, and environmental change. We examine fossil evidence, migration patterns ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were discovered ...