Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being ...

Learn more about the ancient footprints found in Greece, which could upend theories on hominin emigration from Africa.

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and ...

Now, according to The Guardian, a new analysis has now found the skull fragment to be the oldest human fossil ever found outside of Africa. Published in the journal Nature, the research estimates ...

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

Newly found fossils show that those rivers were home to fish, turtles, river sharks, and even hippos. On land, elephants, ...

For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

Sensory features on the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish may be the reason why humans have teeth that are sensitive to ...

TEHRAN--This chopper-shaped tool, made of quartz, was discovered near the Kashafrud River in Khorasan Razavi province, ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.

If you've ever gotten a toothache from eating something cold like ice cream, scientists at the University of Chicago might ...