LOS ANGELES -- After examining the fossils of two hominids that lived nearly 2 million years ago, anthropologists said that the anatomical features of the adult female and young male strongly suggest ...

Researchers in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost 2 million years ago. The discovery is described in two papers ...

Recent discoveries of fossils have provided evidence suggesting intelligent tool use among pre-human species. This groundbreaking research has the potential to reshape our understanding of early ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It’s here that archaeologists initially discovered a melange of animal fossils, stone tools, and (most importantly) hominid remains, but divining ...

Greater spatial intelligence may have given modern humans an edge over Neanderthals, a new study proposes As you plan for summer vacation, don’t forget to pack one of these reads on Neanderthals, ...

Inside a specially constructed safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa sit the fragile remains of the world’s most celebrated human ancestor. She was once a hardy survivor in an ...

Those were venturesome steps for some ape-like creatures long ago in Africa. Dropping out of trees, they essayed a novel means of locomotion, for reasons that elude paleoanthropologists. These ...

A 77,000-year-old grass mattress is the earliest bed in the archaeological record. What did earlier hominids sleep on? Human evolution T-shirt, necktie, coloring book and board game are just a few of ...