The hominid partial skeleton is nicknamed Kadanuumuu, which translates as "big man" in the Afar language of the Ethiopian Afar region, where he was found. At nearly 5 feet 5 inches tall, he towered ...

The story about our ancestors can change at any moment thanks to the tireless work of researchers. In 2022, a team of experts unearthed fragments of a human skull in the Sima del E ...

Professor Lee Berger, the project's leader and Director of the Centre for Exploration of the Deep Human Journey at Wits ...

That skeleton was named "Lucy." The spacecraft named after that ancient hominid is also exploring fossils, in the sense that asteroids are leftovers from the dawn of the solar system and can tell ...

A group of ancient humans with shades of Neanderthal in their physical appearance may have forsaken their home of 300 years following the death of a young member of their clan. As researchers piece ...

Their history is not different from the many other human groups that colonized parts of the world and in the process, often decimated the land, if not other hominid inhabitants. Human habitation ...

Some of the earliest human fossils, including the famous “Lucy,” a 3.2-million-year-old hominid skeleton, were discovered there. Ethiopia is also known for its rich political history. It was one of ...

Visitors to anthropology open house examine the skeletons of the great apes ... Anthropology student Grace Doquilo measures the skull of a hominid for her assignment. Student Olivia Miller ...