Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Armed with strategy, language, and fire, Homo sapiens pushed into every corner of the world. Rivals vanished—only they ...

Long before cities or language, Homo habilis walked the plains of Africa with stone in hand. They were the first to carve survival out of a brutal world.

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

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A set of teeth discovered in Ethiopia likely belonged to a previously unidentified species of early human-like ancestors.

A team of researchers led by ASU found strange fossils in Ethiopia. They believe they've discovered a new species related to ...

New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than ...

The danger today may not be as acute as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. But it is much more diffuse, complicated and ...