The origin of the hominine lineage—encompassing modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and their ancestors—is one of paleoanthropology's most debated topics. For over a century, the prevailing ...

Analysis of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton reveals the most complete spinal column of any early human relative, including vertebrae, neck and rib cage. The findings, published this week in the ...

A collection of older fossils from early human ancestors was previously found in Georgia, near the crossroads of eastern Europe and Asia. Those are estimated to be 1.8 million years old.

Feibel noted it has long been hypothesized that these fossil human species coexisted. According to fossil records, Homo erectus, a direct ancestor of humans, persisted for 1 million years more.

Fifty years ago, our understanding of human origins began to change with the discovery of Lucy, a remarkably complete, 3.2-million-year-old human relative unearthed from the sandy soil in Hadar ...

Scientists are reporting on "Ardi," a fossil, 4.4 million years old, of a pre-human being called Ardipithecus ramidus. The female, about four feet tall, was discovred in the Afar region of Ethiopia.

Statistical analysis of fossil data shows that it is unlikely that Australopithecus sediba, a nearly two-million-year-old, apelike fossil from South Africa, is the direct ancestor of Homo, the genus ...

Lucy, the oldest and most complete fossil of an early human ever found, still has a few secrets to reveal. Discovered in 1974, the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton stunned archaeologists who ...

Discovery of 1.4 million-year-old fossil human hand bone closes human evolution gap Date: December 16, 2013 Source: University of Missouri-Columbia Summary: Scientists have found a new hand bone ...

In a fossil first, researchers have announced the discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints that prove two different pre-human species coexisted in Kenya.

A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot Date: November 29, 2024 Source: Rutgers University Summary: More than a ...