Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

A team of researchers led by ASU found strange fossils in Ethiopia. They believe they've discovered a new species related to ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you ...

The teeth also confirm that there were at least four types of hominins throughout East Africa at the time, with a fifth ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

The teeth fossil findings suggest that two different hominin species — Australopithecus and the earliest members of our own genus Homo — coexisted there between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago.

Scientists working in Ethiopia’s Afar Region have announced the discovery of a new species of Australopithecus and the oldest ...