A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

Newfound fossils in modern-day Ethiopia suggest that the mysterious foot belonged to a recently named species, Australopithecus deyiremeda. The finding could alter the story of human evolution ...

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 time and place ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the "Burtele Foot" discovered in Ethiopia in 2009, finding they belonged to an enigmatic human ancestor that lived alongside ...

New Australopithecus fossils found in Ethiopia are changing the human family tree. While Australopithecus afarensis has long been considered an ancestor of all later human species, including our own, ...

(Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to determine ...

One of the most complete hominin fossils ever discovered could completely change our understanding of human evolution, new ...

Scientific evidence from the last decade continues to correct the classical model of human origin. Australopithecus Afarensis, the species to which the legendary Lucy belonged, discovered in 1974, was ...

Researchers have unraveled the mystery of the 'Burtele Foot,' linking 3.4-million-year-old fossils to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a human ancestor from Ethiopia. This discovery reveals coexistence ...

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 place ...

Humans are fundamentally technological creatures. We depend on the manufacture and use of tools for our survival to a degree qualitatively greater than any other species. Therefore, an understanding ...