A skeleton found in the Lake Turkana Basin area of northern Kenya is the most complete set of remains ever found of Homo ...

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved ...

Dust and sun define field seasons in East Turkana. So do patience and sharp eyes. In northern Kenya, a set of bones pulled from the ground has now changed what scientists can say about one of your ...

BEAUFORT, N.C. — Keith Rittmaster walked out of his trailer, arms filled with shovels, buckets and brushes. It was the day of the big dig, and Rittmaster led a group of 14 volunteers through a “Secret ...

In mice, blood cell production occurs via strings and clusters of cells within the bone marrow that are responsible for producing specific blood cell types, according to a far-reaching study led by ...

In the past decade, a burst of research has debunked the unflattering reputation 19th-century scientists pinned on Neanderthals. We now know that they were creative, caring, and cognitively similar to ...

NEW YORK -- The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, ...