A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human ...

An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

Iconic ‘Little Foot’ may actually be new human species, scientists say - Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to be member of ape-like human ancestor family that lived nearly 2 million ye ...

Australian-led study suggests iconic South African skeleton differs from known Australopithecus species, media reports - ...

(CNN) — The story of how humans evolved is a long and winding one — and it grows more complicated with each passing year. Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Every once in a great while paleontological fieldwork turns up a fossil so extraordinary that it revolutionizes our understanding of the origin and evolution of an entire branch of the tree of life.