With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by ...

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...

Scientists have finally cracked the mystery wrapped around 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the “Burtele Foot” which was ...

On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

We have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology." That’s a quote from Edward O. Wilson, the ...

In Nepal’s Upper Mustang, near the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, life unfolds in some of the thinnest air on Earth.

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

The study found that unlike other vertebrates where competition generally suppresses speciation after ecological niches are ...

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree.