Two Australopithecus fossils named Lucy and Selam made a rare trip out of Ethiopia for a 60-day display at the National ...

How did extinct animals move? Paleontologists are interested in figuring this out since it can tell us more about their ways of life, such as whether they were agile enough to hunt prey. It can also ...

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 ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

The Omo-Turkana Basin, where the Omo River drains into Lake Turkana in Africa, has been one of the three most valuable ...

Almost 100 years before calls to decolonize science, Taung was challenging researchers to reassess their internal biases.

Paige Madison is a science writer specializing in human origins. She holds a PhD in the history of science, and her work has ...

Orrorin tugenensis, discovered in Kenya’s Tugen Hills, walked upright 6 million years ago, long before Homo sapiens evolved.

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

Perched on the Corniche overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the Mosquée de la Divinité was completed in 1997, a late but striking ...

NEW YORK - Scientists have gained new insights into an extinct South African creature with an intriguing mix of human and apelike traits. But they still haven't pinned down where it fits on our ...

A metal that still frequently occurs today and is considered dangerous may have had a severely harmful effect on the health ...