With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

Olduvai Gorge is a Unesco World Heritage site. It became well known in 1959 through the pioneering work of palaeontologists Louis and Mary Leakey, whose discoveries of early human remains reshaped our ...

The Atapuerca Mountains in northern Spain are home to the Sima de los Huesos, or "Pit of Bones," which has offered one of the ...

The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

An international research team, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, has unveiled an ...

Space changes the human body in many ways. From bone loss to bloated faces, here's how microgravity and radiation affect the ...

Investigators used DNA to identify a human skull and other bones found in the woods by three high schoolers last month, ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...