The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead, they are the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in Spain have unearthed a fossil from a potential new prehistoric member of the human family tree, and they say it's ...

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 ...

Far below the waves, where sunlight never reaches, a fragment of bone has forced scientists to redraw parts of the human family tree. An ancient jaw dredged from the seafloor between China and Taiwan, ...

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 ...

A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana in Kenya shows fossil footprints of Paranthropus boisei (vertical footprints) with separate footprints of Homo erectus forming a ...

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results of a new study published this week. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and ...

A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana in Kenya shows fossil footprints of Paranthropus boisei (vertical footprints) with separate footprints of Homo erectus forming a ...

A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest timelines in African ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago, reshaping what is known about our evolution. The 13 ...

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 ...

Ian Towle receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). Luca Fiorenza receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP240101081). For decades, small grooves on ...