In a paper published in Nature, a team led by University of Chicago paleoanthropologist Professor Zeresenay Alemseged reports ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

Learn how a 2.6-million-year-old Paranthropus jaw from Ethiopia’s Afar region is reshaping scientists’ understanding of early ...

The newly described specimen is a partial left mandible plus a molar crown, dated to about 2.6 million years ago using multiple methods, making it one of the oldest Paranthropus fossils known. The ...

Ethiopia’s Afar region has stood out in the study of human evolution for its vast array of hominin fossils, from some of the earliest known Homo sapiens dating to 160,000 years, to hominins dating as ...

In a new paper published in Nature , a team led by University of Chicago paleoanthropologist Professor Zeresenay Alemseged reports the discovery of ...

The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century after the publication of Darwin’s milestone work The Origin of Species ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. However, after travelling to several large institutes and museums ...

Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ergaster, a direct ancestor of modern people. Fossils of Paranthropus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers Carrie Mongle and Meave Leakey discuss Paranthropus boisei hand fossils, held in the cases pictured, at the Turkana ...

Fossilized hand bones discovered in Kenya suggest that Paranthropus boisei, an extinct early hominin species (related to humans), possessed advanced manual skills and a gorilla-like grip — indicating ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...