One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

New burial dating techniques applied to South African cave sediments reveal that Australopithecus fossils are far older than ...

An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

A landmark study of an ancient thigh bone confirms when our earliest ancestors stood upright. This discovery proves that the ...

A REPLICA of the remains of a more than 3-million-year-old female hominid known as "Lucy" at the National Museum in Addis Ababa August 7, 2007. (photo credit: REUTERS/Barry Malone) Scientists studying ...

A new fossil analysis supports the idea a human ancestor was walking upright far earlier than previously thought.

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a new study ...

COMMENTARY: A mummy in a museum not only teaches us about ancient culture, but also reminds Catholics of our duty to pray for ...

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...