One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little Foot,” fossil an exquisitely preserved hominin found in South Africa’s ...

An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found could be an entirely new species, according to a new study. The fossil, found in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves in 1998 and dubbed “the ...

A WORLD-FAMOUS fossil nicknamed “Little Foot” may actually belong to a new humanlike species. The fossil was previously thought to be a member of a genus called Australopithecus – but a fresh probe ...

The theory that man originated in Africa got a boost when a nearly complete lower jaw of Australopithecus prometheus was found at Makapansgat in the Transvaal this month. Anthropologists now have most ...

For a decade the mammoth limestone caves of the Makapansgat Valley in South Africa (TIME, June 20, 1955) have been yielding the bones and implements of a remarkably human creature known to ...

Iconic ‘Little Foot’ may actually be new human species, scientists say - Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to be member of ape-like human ancestor family that lived nearly 2 million ye ...