Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

Fossils discovered in a quarry cave in Morocco and dated to roughly 773,000 years ago are offering scientists a rare glimpse ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by researchers from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge ...

Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

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

Human fossils uncovered in a cave at the Thomas I quarry near Casablanca are offering fresh insight into a critical phase of ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...