Although it sounds like a grade-B science fiction movie, fossils show that our ancestors once hunted and fought giant ground sloths. For the first time, scientists have uncovered fossilized footprints ...

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

Sixteen years ago a group of anthropologists discovered 3.4-million-year-old fossilized foot bones in Ethiopia. While they suspected the foot belonged to an ancient human that likely lived alongside ...

A newly uncovered fossil site beneath theJava Sea is shifting scientific perspectives on early human survival and prehistoric ecosystems in Southeast Asia. Fossils of Homo erectus, discovered off the ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

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 ...