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 ...

"We are going to see a fossil site in the Cradle of Humankind," he says, referring to the UNESCO World Heritage site that has produced a stunning trove of early hominid fossils, helping prove that 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 ...

LOS ANGELES -- After examining the fossils of two hominids that lived nearly 2 million years ago, anthropologists said that the anatomical features of the adult female and young male strongly suggest ...

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 ...