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 ...

In 2008, 9-year-old Matthew Berger was just out walking his dog when he tripped over what he thought was a rock. What he actually discovered was far more significant—a nearly 2-million-year-old fossil ...

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

The first example of Paranthropus was discovered in South Africa by Dr Robert Broom in 1938. Its name means “beside man” and ...

Bonnefille, R., Potts, Richard, Chalié, F., Jolly, D., and Peyron, O. 2004. "High-resolution vegetation and climate change associated with Pliocene Australopithecus ...

Toddler hominin has arms for swinging and legs for walking. The specimen, which is the oldest and most complete juvenile of a human relative ever found, has features that stand as striking examples of ...

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 ...