In a turn of events that has left the scientific community in a state of shock and intrigue, the oldest human remains ever ...

New genetic techniques are shedding light on a mysterious part of our family tree—ancient human relatives called the ...

Newly discovered teeth from Ethiopia reveal that early humans coexisted with a mysterious cousin species, reshaping our ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of them may be an unknown species.

(Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same ...

A newly discovered 460-million-year-old trilobite showed signs of being shaped and flattened—the first indication that ancient Romans purposely collected and modified the tiny fossils.

The teeth were found in Ethiopia’s Afar region, a key place for researchers seeking answers about human evolution. A variety of preserved fossils have been found there as well as some of the ...