Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

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

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

When paleoanthropologists finally freed the skeleton called Little Foot from its stone prison in South Africa, they believed they were meeting an old acquaintance. Instead, they may have uncovered a ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...