Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

Having a tail that extends beyond the anal opening is a requirement of membership in the phylum Chordata, where humans and all other vertebrates reside. But us humans don’t really have a “tail” in the ...

In addition to Ardi, a possible direct ancestor, it is possible here to find hominid fossils from as recently as 160,000 years ago—an early Homo sapiens like us—all the way back to Ardipithecus ...

Who came before us? This question has always intrigued scientists. Fossils recently unearthed in Morocco could help us solve this enigma. The 21 bones discovered in early January at a site known as ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It’s here that archaeologists initially discovered a melange of animal fossils, stone tools, and (most importantly) hominid remains, but divining ...