Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers working in Ethiopia’s Afar region have discovered a new species of human ancestor, according to a study recently ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study ...

Archaeologists who discovered fossil bones and teeth of a previously unknown human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines say they plan more diggings and better ...

In 2013, deep inside South Africa’s Rising Star Cave system, over 1,500 fossil bones were discovered — representing at least 15 individuals of a previously unknown human species. Homo naledi lived ...

Archaeologists uncovered teeth from an ancient human ancestor in Ethiopia's Afar Region. - Amy Rector/Virginia Commonwealth University Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long ...

Ethiopian researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that fundamentally challenges our understanding of human evolution by uncovering fossil evidence of a previously unknown species that ...

The story of human history is far more complex than many people realize. For a long time, scientists believed that modern ...

A major new study finds the pace of biological discovery is accelerating, not slowing down, and estimates Earth may harbor ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of human ancestor that existed alongside Homo sapiens. Researchers working in Ethiopia’s Afar region have discovered a new species of human ancestor, ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

(CNN) — Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same ...