Reanalysis of an infant jawbone discovered in Ethiopia confirms Homo erectus lived in the highlands 2 million years ago.

For years, scientists believed that Homo erectus was the first human species to venture out of Africa around 1.8 million ...

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

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

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