Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

In addition to Ardi, a possible direct ancestor, it is possible here to find hominid fossils from as recently as 160,000 years ago—an early Homo sapiens like us—all the way back to Ardipithecus ...

Lazarus Kgasi entered the orbit of paleontology on a whim. After high school, he needed to support his family. He worked a couple of odd jobs before he was hired as a fossil digger. It would forever ...

Who came before us? This question has always intrigued scientists. Fossils recently unearthed in Morocco could help us solve this enigma. The 21 bones discovered in early January at a site known as ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It’s here that archaeologists initially discovered a melange of animal fossils, stone tools, and (most importantly) hominid remains, but divining ...

Lazarus Kgasi walks with ease across a gently rolling landscape about an hour's drive outside of Pretoria, South Africa. A few trees are sprinkled here and there but it's mostly grass. Kgasi, a tall ...