The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Ethiopian researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that fundamentally challenges our understanding of human evolution by uncovering fossil evidence of a previously unknown species that ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

Learn how advanced scanning and 3D reconstruction revealed the face of the Little Foot fossil and new insights into Australopithecus and early human evolution in Africa.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists uncovered teeth from an ancient human ancestor in Ethiopia's Afar Region. - Amy Rector/Virginia Commonwealth ...

For a long time, scientists have puzzled over the origins of the human species. It is unclear from which common ancestor modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans all descend. According to earlier ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...