Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...

Over three million years ago, the wetlands of ancient Ethiopia were dominated by an ambush predator that dwarfed early human ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Of all the early human ancestor fossils ever found, “Lucy” may be the most famous among examples of Australopithecus, a group ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

A new study has revealed that Africa may not have been the birthplace of humans. In fact the study proves that Eurasia had ancestors long before we thought.

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. The species is named Lucy’s hunter, because it ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

Digital reconstruction reveals the face of 'Little Foot,' a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor. The Carolina Panthers ...

Scientists analyze fossils and vocal tract models to reconstruct what the languages of prehistoric humans may have sounded like.

If they have no ancestors or descendants, then who are they?

UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of scientists discovered fossilized teeth. UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of international scientists discovered ...