A seven-million-year-old skull found in Chad sits at the center of a long argument about human origins. The species, ...

Scientists argue ape-like Sahelanthropus tchadensis that lived in Africa 7m years ago is best contender but more fossils are needed ...

Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the skull of an individual from the family of early humans, discovered in ...

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the oldest human ancestor. A ...

Look in the mirror and the feature that quietly sets you apart from every other species is not your eyes or your opposable ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

In 1998, paleoanthropologist Ronald Clarke and his research team discovered the skull of a previously unknown human ancestor ...

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

A human skull was found just in the bushes off the Coney Island boardwalk Tuesday evening, cops said. A homeless person spotted the remains just off the beach’s iconic Riegelmann Boardwalk between ...

It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...

A human skull was removed from a burial site earlier this year, and state officials now want the public’s help finding the person responsible. The Utah State Trust Lands Administration, which owns the ...

A human skull was found in some bushes next to Brooklyn’s famed Coney Island Boardwalk, police said Wednesday. A man walking on Riegelmann Boardwalk near W. 32nd St. spotted the skull and other ...