Now, in a study published Tuesday called "Mystery owner of African hominin foot identified," the scientists announced that ...

A new study argues that the 3.4 million-year-old “Burtele foot,” discovered in 2009, belonged to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a controversial human relative that lived at the same time as our ancestor ...

Freshly unearthed jaw bones and teeth that were found close to a previously discovered foot suggest human relatives tried ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

While they suspected the foot belonged to an ancient human that likely lived alongside the species we know as “Lucy,” ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of new fossils from the highlands of Ethiopia. The fossils fill a long-standing gap in scientists' understanding of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis of bones unearthed nearly 40 years ago in Ethiopia has pushed the fossil record of modern humans back to nearly 200,000 years ago — perhaps close to the dawn of the ...

Before the genus Homo arose some 2 million years ago, eastern Africa was dominated by the Australopithecines - small brained, large-toothed bipeds that later earned the sobriquet "ape-men." But where ...

One of the things I enjoy about travel is seeing different dogs around the world. Last year, I went to Ethiopia in search of wild dogs – rare and endangered Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis) – but I ...

An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of new fossils from the highlands of Ethiopia. The fossils fill a long-standing gap in scientists' understanding of the evolution of ...