In 2001, researchers unearthed a scattering of fossils beneath the windswept dunes of the Djurab Desert of northern Chad. The remains were later identified as belonging to an extinct species, ...

The discovery of fire was a major milestone in human evolution, giving our ancestors a way to stay warm, ward off predators, ...

The oldest hominin fossils outside of Africa hail from Dmanisi in Georgia, yet the debate over which human species these ancient remains belong to is far from settled. Dated to around 1.85 million ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a child, ...

Our understanding of how our species evolved has improved dramatically since we first began analyzing ancient DNA. This year, researchers made impressive discoveries across 3 million years of human ...

A 1.5-million-year-old fossil from Gona, Ethiopia reveals new details about the first hominin species to disperse from Africa. Summary: Virtual reassembly of teeth and fossil bone fragments reveals a ...

(CNN) — Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, thanks to digital reconstruction technology. Renowned ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape ...