New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

The fossil, called Cretosabethes primaevus, shared traits with modern mosquitoes. Scientists think it lived in small water pools in tree hollows or leaf axils during the Cretaceous period.

New fossil finds in Kenya reveal that Paranthropus boisei had human-like hands and feet, ending a long debate over its ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

These findings open a new window into human evolution – one that could reshape how we interpret diversity in our early ancestors by providing some of the oldest human genetic data from Africa. From ...

Egyptian paleontologists have unearthed Wadisuchus kassabi, an 80-million-year-old fossil revealing Africa as the birthplace of seagoing crocodiles. This discovery pushes back the evolutionary ...

An artistic rendering of an evening approximately 252 million years ago during the late Permian in the Luangwa Basin of Zambia. The scene includes several saber-toothed gorgonopsians and beaked ...

Understanding what the environment looked like millions of years ago is essential for piecing together how our earliest ...

In the Egyptian Western Desert, where red sandstones and green shales rise above the arid plains of Kharga Oasis, ...