New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Scientists in Ethiopia unearthed pieces of 2.65 million-year-old fossilized teeth belonging to two members of a newly discovered Homo species that could challenge previously accepted understandings of ...

Fossil evidence from Ethiopia has rewritten human history, showing Australopithecus lived one million years earlier than previously believed. These new findings bridge the gap between early ape-like ...

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Modern humans, technically called Homo sapiens, are the only surviving species of the genus Homo, which also includes extinct close cousins such as Homo neanderthalensis and Homo erectus. The oldest ...

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The first example of Paranthropus was discovered in South Africa by Dr Robert Broom in 1938. Its name means “beside man” and ...

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WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Bipedal locomotion - walking upright on two legs - is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's success. Scientists now have identified two innovations that occurred ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy left Ethiopia for display in a European museum, Ethiopian national media reported Friday, citing Tourism Minister Selamawit Kassa.