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

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

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

Orrorin tugenensis, discovered in Kenya’s Tugen Hills, walked upright 6 million years ago, long before Homo sapiens evolved. Fossilized femurs reveal that this early hominin balanced between climbing ...

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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 ...

Arizona State University research scientists discover evidence of a new species of hominid that walked east African grasslands 2.6 million years ago. The discovery could offer new clues about a ...

The researchers said the newly found teeth bore traits indicating they belonged to a seventh species. Researchers unearthed 10 tooth fossils dating back 2.65 million years in Ethiopia's Afar Region ...

(Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place ...