In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to ...

Introduction. Famous fossils, hidden histories -- The old man of La Chapelle: the patriarch of paleo -- Piltdown: a name without a fossil -- The Taung Child: the rise of a folk hero -- Peking Man: a ...

The location where the human skeletal remains were found is linked to a 19th-century South Carolina settlement, authorities said Wolfgang Kaehler/Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty The Colleton ...