Jaw fossils found in northern Greece have been cited in claims that human evolution began in Europe rather than Africa. This ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

A virtual reconstruction of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus skull from Ethiopia uncovers primitive facial features and ...

“Early humans comprised a subdivided, shifting, pan-African meta-population with physical and cultural diversity,” read a ...