A fossilized foot discovered in Ethiopia and left unclassified for over a decade has now been linked to a little-known human ...

The nameplate has been around for more than 40 years, but it’s never looked or performed better than it does with this ...

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

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

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

A modern analysis of 7-million-year-old remains suggest this mysterious ancient primate is the oldest human ancestor ever found.

The classification of one of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever discovered, the skeleton known as Little Foot, has been called into question by an international research team led from La ...

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

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an international research team. The famous “Little Foot” skeleton from South Africa has ...

In the arid landscapes of the Afar region in Ethiopia, a series of bones dating back 3.4 million years could shake up what we know about our origins. Recent discoveries, the result of over a decade of ...

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