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

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the ...

Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, ...

A WORLD-FAMOUS fossil nicknamed “Little Foot” may actually belong to a new humanlike species. The fossil was previously thought to be a member of a genus called Australopithecus – but a fresh probe ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.