Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

The history of humanity on Earth spans well over a million years. Ancient human species such as Australopithecus, who walked ...

Someone born near the start of the 20th century could have witnessed the dawn of commercial flight, the creation of nuclear weapons, the moon landing and even the early growth ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

A 1.5-million-year-old skull suggests Homo erectus evolved through a messy transition, with multiple human forms coexisting.

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

The Pahon Cave in Gabon offers archaeologists a well-preserved look into the Late Stone Age time period in central Africa, ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

CENIEH is part of an international team that has presented a virtual reconstruction of a 1.5-million-year-old fossil face recovered at the site of ...

New research shows stone tool production in the Central African rainforest remained remarkably consistent for a period of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Conservation group Historic Nashville has released its list of the most endangered properties in ...