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

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 ...

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

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

Analysis of a 4.4-million-year-old ankle bone supports the hypothesis that the earliest humans evolved from an ape-like ...

Lauren Gunderson's "anthropology," now at Rogue Machine Theatre, and Jordan Harrison's "Marjorie Prime," opening on Broadway ...

And It Demands Our Compassion. My New Year’s celebration this year was perhaps the most unusual yet deeply meaningful one I ...

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

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

New research out of the University of California San Diego and the University of Haifa is reshaping what we know about ancient seaborne trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Published recently in ...

Feven Melese is trying to support thousands of abandoned dogs on the streets of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. The ...