New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

A newly discovered Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast has revealed the first fossilized footprints of these ancient humans in the region. A new international study published in Scientific ...

This is the story of Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus), one of our special ancestors called hominis. The discovery of her ...

The chimps who starred in "MVP" 25 years ago are long removed from wearing hockey gear, but the impacts of their show ...

In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his ...