New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists' understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago.

If the researchers' hypothesis is correct, the fossil represents the earliest known instance of an injury caused by something sharp.

A new fossil ape named Masripithecus was found in northern Egypt. This discovery suggests northeastern Africa played a larger ...

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

Scientists say some of the traits that define modern humans may have evolved only after long-standing biological and cultural ...

A chance fossil discovery in Kenya's Koobi Fora in 1969 by Richard Leakey has profoundly reshaped our understanding of human evolution. Instead of a linear progression, evidence points to multiple ...

Primitive hominids may have lived in Africa at the same time as humans, researchers said Tuesday, in new findings that could change the understanding of human evolution. Fossils found deep in South ...

For many years, the focus of conversations regarding the initial phases of ape evolution has predominantly been East Africa, ...

"It is clearly different from the type specimen of Australopithecus prometheus, which was a name defined on the idea these early humans made fire, which we now know they didn't. Its importance and ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists' understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several ...