Hidden nearby, paleontologists have now stumbled upon the teeth of another Homo species, dating back 2.59 million years, as well as teeth of an australopithecine from 2.63 million years ago – the only ...

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 ...

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

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

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

(CN) — Step aside, Bob the Builder — ancient human relatives have been collecting stone materials to build personal toolkits for as long as 2.6 million years, scientists said Friday. Known ...

An ASU research team has discovered 13 ancient human teeth in Ethiopia, dating back to 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago, that appear to be different from any previously known species.

Paleoanthropologists identified the early human based on molars that are several million years old.

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest extinct relatives.

Archaeologists uncovered teeth from an ancient human ancestor in Ethiopia's Afar Region. - Amy Rector/Virginia Commonwealth University Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long ...