William L. Jungers was born in Palacios on Nov. 17, 1948, and went on to become one of the country’s best-known biological ...

Having a tail that extends beyond the anal opening is a requirement of membership in the phylum Chordata, where humans and ...

In 2023, two South African fossils were carried aboard a Virgin Galactic commercial spaceflight: a 2 million-year-old ...

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Early human relatives experienced risky childbirth due to pelvic shape, revealing deep evolutionary roots of birth difficulty.

Sonora native Debi Bolter shared the latest discoveries from what’s considered to be one of the world’s most important fossil ...

Traces of early humans have been found in our backyard, but how much do you know about South Africa's Cradle of Humankind?

Little Foot's skull was distorted and damaged, so researchers spent years digitally reassembling the bones to understand what the individual's face might have looked like 3.67 million years ago.

Comparisons show the face size falls between a gorilla and an orangutan, with shape closer to orangutans and bonobos, and a closer resemblance to east african fossils in the orbital region Scientists ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed ...

Scientists have finally come face-to-face with an ancient human ancestor called Little Foot. A new digital reconstruction reveals the visage of one of our oldest close human relatives, researchers ...