An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

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

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

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

The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

(CNN) — The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were ...