Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

The teeth also confirm that there were at least four types of hominins throughout East Africa at the time, with a fifth ...

Fossilized teeth discovered in Ethiopia have revealed a new-to-science species of Australopithecus, a genus of early hominins ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed surprising information about human breeding practices, according to a new ...

If ancient humans with brains a third the size of our own buried their dead, as some archaeologists are claiming, then our ...

New research on ancient teeth from China suggests humans and Homo erectus interbreeding shaped early Asian populations.

Archaeologists at the University of Liège are conducting a new excavation campaign at the Paleolithic site of Trou Al'Wesse ...