One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

A landmark study of an ancient thigh bone confirms when our earliest ancestors stood upright. This discovery proves that the ...

An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the ...

A new fossil analysis supports the idea a human ancestor was walking upright far earlier than previously thought.

A seven-million-year-old fossil may rewrite human origins, showing our ancestors were walking upright far earlier than anyone expected.

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

In the early 2000s, researchers uncovered primate bones that were approximately seven million years old in Chad’s Djurab ...

For decades, the story seemed settled: one early human species left Africa and spread across the world. But a new study ...

The classification of one of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever discovered, the skeleton known as Little Foot, has been called into question by an international research team led from La ...

These fossils may be the best candidate for 'African populations lying near the root of this shared ancestry.' ...

Scientists have unearthed the remains of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, potentially one of our earliest ancestors. A new analysis ...