As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins ...

3.18-million-year-old grandmother: Lucy’s bones leave Ethiopia for a historic first-ever European display ... She was believed to be the oldest human ancestor found until the discovery of "Toumai" in ...

Discovered in the Czech Republic, it is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving personal portrait ... This miniature sculpture, found in the South Moravian region, appears to depict a ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

"Lucy's skeletal remains will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever," Fiala said. The exhibition will also feature Selam, the fossil of a baby Australopithecus predating Lucy by 100,000 years ...