Humans are fundamentally technological creatures. We depend on the manufacture and use of tools for our survival to a degree qualitatively greater than any other species. Therefore, an understanding ...

(Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human evolution across Africa.

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...

The original skull, digital scan, and reconstructed face of Little Foot. Credit: Amélie Beaudet. Scientists have finally ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been discovered among a collection of teeth which dates back 2.8 million years. Researchers from Arizona State University announced that they have found a ...