A trio of jawbones, a leg bone, and a handful of vertebrae and teeth found in Morocco may represent one of the last common ...

A group of anthropologists’ new analysis offers powerful evidence that Sahelanthropus tchadensis—a species discovered ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

This artist rendering shows hands of early human ancestors, called Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, found in South Africa. The left images show photos of the bones, and the right images show ...

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...