A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very ...

Scientists have discovered a 151-million-year-old fossil fly in Australia that challenges ideas about insect evolution. Named ...

One of the most complete hominin fossils ever discovered could completely change our understanding of human evolution, new ...

One of the most important steps in the evolution of modern mammals was the development of highly sensitive hearing. The ...

The fossil record is crucial for understanding the origins and diversification of amphibians and reptiles. New discoveries ...

NICK ASHTON: We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. ROTT: Which would make the site ...