Researchers uncover the most complete 2-million-year-old Homo habilis skeleton, shedding new light on early human evolution.

A fossil discovery in northern Ethiopia expands the known range of Paranthropus, a genus of strong-jawed hominins that lived ...

For most animals, losing fur would be a death sentence. Hair isn’t cosmetic in the wild, it’s survival gear. It protects ...

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

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

On January 7, a day ahead of the first EVA of the year by NASA, the spacewalk was canceled over a medical situation onboard.

Human fossils uncovered in a cave at the Thomas I quarry near Casablanca are offering fresh insight into a critical phase of ...

An international scientific team has dated with exceptional precision a set of human fossils discovered on the Atlantic coast ...

Between roughly 600,000 and one million years ago, Africa’s fossil record goes strangely quiet. Genetic evidence suggests ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

An international research team reports the analysis of new hominin fossils from the site of Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, ...

Precisely dated fossils: A high-resolution magnetostratigraphic record at Thomas Quarry I captures the Matuyama-Brunhes ...