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

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

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

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 ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the "Burtele Foot" discovered in Ethiopia in 2009, finding they belonged to an enigmatic human ancestor that lived alongside ...

Scientists are digging into one of evolution’s strangest puzzles — why only certain creatures developed minds that know they ...

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

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a ...

Fossils newly discovered in Ethiopia indicate that previously unidentified foot bones belong to the ancient human relative ...

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big ...

Now, in a study published Tuesday called "Mystery owner of African hominin foot identified," the scientists announced that ...