In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family."The impact of the discovery was very big in the discipline ...

Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how ...

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.

Lucy Lawless makes her directorial debut with the documentary "Never Look Away," in theaters Friday, about the life and ...

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

The discovery of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the ...