New fossil evidence from Ethiopia’s Afar region reveals that early humans evolved nearly two million years ago, hundreds of ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

Since being discovered in 1994, Ardi’s 4.4-million-year-old remains have been at the heart of an anthropological debate. To help settle the matter, the study authors compared the specimen’s talus – or ...

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The same Europe that painted God and Adam white also painted Africa dark — the myth of the “Dark Continent” was the secular echo of the religious lie that holiness and whiteness were the same. These ...

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

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Learn more about Ardipithecus ramidus and how their ankle bone paints a better picture of how our ancestors transitioned from ...

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For more than a century, scientists have been piecing together the puzzle of human evolution, examining fossil evidence to ...

The findings of this study suggest that the first humans may have originated from apes that were accustomed to living in two ...