Archaeologists uncovered teeth from an ancient human ancestor in Ethiopia's Afar Region. - Amy Rector/Virginia Commonwealth University Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long ...

Discovered near Lake Turkana in Kenya, Kenyanthropus platyops lived 3.5 million years ago, alongside Australopithecus ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed ...

The first example of Paranthropus was discovered in South Africa by Dr Robert Broom in 1938. Its name means “beside man” and ...

They detected clear chemical signatures in these remains, which indicated that lead exposure for these species dated back to ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

The findings suggest that the acquisition of the modern NOVA1 variant may have protected us from the detrimental effects of ...

These files consist of 3D scans of historical objects in the collections of the Smithsonian and may be downloaded by you only for non-commercial, educational, and ...

The research from the Issa Valley in western Tanzania highlighted a surprising, and potentially crucial, role for fungi in ...