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

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

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

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

The 2-million-year-old partial skeleton may even represent the oldest example of H. habilis discovered so far. It includes a ...

Nature study examines hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I, Casablanca Fossils show mixed archaic and derived traits, securely dated Findings highlight North Africa’s key role in human evolution ...

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in an unusual source: the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

The return of the Dubois Collection from the Netherlands places Indonesia at the heart of human evolution studies, opening new ground for research and public education.

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...