A trio of jawbones, a leg bone, and a handful of vertebrae and teeth found in Morocco may represent one of the last common ...

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

A group of anthropologists’ new analysis offers powerful evidence that Sahelanthropus tchadensis—a species discovered ...

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

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

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

This artist rendering shows hands of early human ancestors, called Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, found in South Africa. The left images show photos of the bones, and the right images show ...