An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Since its discovery in 1993, the Altamura Man, dating back at least 130,000 years, has continued to captivate scientists and ...

Archaeologists first made the grim discovery in 2022 and have been studying the remains to understand why she and others were ...

Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study ...

These ancient humans were once thought to be a distinct species, but were later recognized as practically indistinguishable ...

Researchers recreated the face of a 17th century woman buried with a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her toe, ...

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Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested. Not so fast, says a ...

The tomb, known as "Tomb 26," was unearthed in the 1970s during excavations of a cemetery in Pommerœul, near the French ...

The artifacts discovered inside a tomb of 11 Egyptian burials from the height of the country’s Middle Kingdom offer a fresh ...