Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

Discussion on decolonizing paleoanthropology and the current western-centric focus of the field of study. The Book Haul bringing a mobile bookstore to West Valley. Avian flu affecting Hickman’s ...

3-million-year-old stone tools found, and our ancestors likely didn’t make them Evidence suggests the tools were used by the human relative Paranthropus, which scientists previously believed ...

50 years after her discovery, Lucy, reconstructed here by artist John Gurche, remains an icon in paleoanthropology and pop culture as one of the most complete hominin fossils ever discovered.

How do professionals in paleoanthropology and adjacent to the field (i.e. paleoartists, prehistoric fiction writers, museum employees, etc.) interact with the individuals and species they work with ...

In short, you can describe her as the earliest child ever discovered in the history of paleoanthropology. It's a skeleton that is more complete than Lucy and lived 150,000 years before Lucy, a ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the ...

He and his colleague Wu Xiujie, a senior professor from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, now suggest it may be time to formally recognize a previously ...