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Ethiopia fossil find shows human ancestors lived alongside one another
May 17, 2026The remarkable discovery has shown that human evolution was a lot more complex than previously believed.
Prehistoric fossil discovery proves that early mammals laid eggs
Apr 11, 2026The remarkable find shows that the distant ancestors of mammals laid eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
'Little Foot' fossil may belong to totally new species of human ancestor
Dec 14, 2025The remains of a prehistoric skeleton found in a cave in South Africa may be something completely new to science.
1 million-year-old skull pushes human origins back by 400,000 years
Sep 26, 2025A new analysis of a skull found in China has rewritten the history books on when and where modern humans arose.
Mystery surrounds cave skull with stalagmite growing through it
Aug 24, 2025Researchers have been attempting to solve the mystery of a 300,000-year-old skull found in Greece.
Archaic human species ate its own young, new discovery finds
Jul 26, 2025Evidence of human cannibalism has been found in fossilized bones dating back 850,000 years.
Newly identified species of human may have been more intelligent than us
Dec 2, 2024Palaeontologists have discovered a previously unrecognized species of ancient human that lived 100,000 years ago.
Prehistoric footprints reveal co-existence of two early human relatives
Nov 30, 2024Footprints left 1.5 million years ago show that two distinct relatives of modern humans would have co-existed.
Skull found in China may have belonged to long-lost 'Dragon Man'
May 22, 2024For years, anthropologists struggled to determine which human ancestor the skull - along with two others - belonged to.
Real-life 'Kermit the Frog' proto-amphibian lived 270 million years ago
Mar 24, 2024A newly identified ancestor of modern day frogs has been named after Jim Henson's iconic green Muppet.
Scientists discover the reason why humans no longer have long tails
Mar 3, 2024It might be hard to imagine, but many millions of years ago, our ancestors had long tails just like monkeys do today.
Our ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa, study claims
Sep 5, 2023A controversial new study based on an 8.7-million-year-old skull could serve to rewrite the history books.
Our ancestors almost went extinct around 900,000 years ago
Sep 4, 2023A new genetic data analysis has revealed that our ancestors were almost completely wiped out.
Row erupts over intelligence of early small-brained humans
Jul 23, 2023Whether or not some of the ancestors of modern humans were as brainy as believed remains a matter of contention.
Researchers recreate the face of the real-life 'Hobbit' of Flores
VIDEO Jul 5, 2023The face of this long-lost human ancestor has been painstakingly recreated from fossil remains using computer software.
Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor
Aug 17, 2022Scientists have determined that this very strange 500 million-year-old creature was not actually related to humans.
Prehistoric 'Swiss Army knife' found across Africa
Jun 13, 2022A set of cutting and skinning tools is being hailed as evidence that our ancestors shared knowledge.
Is an ancient human ancestor hiding in Indonesia ?
Apr 28, 2022A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Giant camels lived alongside humans up until 27,000 years ago
Mar 25, 2022New research has indicated that our ancestors lived alongside these gargantuan mammals until relatively recently.
Human-like footprints could be over 6 million years old
Oct 22, 2021Tracks left by an ancient human ancestor in what is now Crete could be much older than previously believed.
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