After all, the region had also been home to several earlier members of our family tree, including celebrity fossil Lucy (the most famous example of Australopithecus afarensis, which lived around three ...

One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ...

The oldest stone tools ever discovered were unearthed in Kenya by a group of scientists at the Lomekwi 3 site. The stone ...

Vaccines delivered through a puff up the nose or into the mouth could be even more effective than shots at protecting people ...

Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw ...

An analysis by Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, on the manual capabilities of early hominins reveals that some ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient fossils, prehistoric artwork, and other clues to human evolution. Here are nine of the most ...

Reconstruction of the skull of a female Homo naledi child researchers have named Leti(© Wits University) Newly uncovered remains of H. naledi individuals from other chambers deeper within the ...

A reproduction of the skull belonging to Mrs Ples, whose fossilised remains were discovered in a South African cave in 1947 Fossilised remains belonging to some of humanity's oldest ancestors are ...