Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

Learn how detailed 3D analysis uncovered evidence that upright walking emerged near the very start of the human lineage.

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A collection of 27 1.5-million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania shows early humans had an ...

Archeologists know early humans used stone to make tools long before the time of Homo sapiens. But a new discovery out this week in Nature suggests early humans in eastern Africa were also using ...

Researchers have uncovered thousands of preserved metabolic molecules inside fossilized bones millions of years old, offering ...

WASHINGTON — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in ...

Early humans used animal bones to craft tools — more than a million years earlier than scientists previously thought, according to new research published this week. A group of researchers from the ...