The fossils indicate that P. boisei ’s human-like hand proportions would have allowed it to handle stone tools with dexterity ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

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Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

Scientists have discovered an ancient skull in China, like no other they've seen before. The 300,000-year-old child skull was ...

By studying antelope fossils, researchers can revisit long-standing questions about how the Cradle of Humankind’s environment ...

It’s spooky season! So we asked one local historian to tell us where the bones lie — specifically skulls. Adam Selzer is an ...

A paleontologist explains the latest science about Troodon formosus, and whether it was really the smartest dinosaur.

Scientists have unveiled a previously unknown tyrannosaur species that fundamentally changes our understanding of how the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex evolved. The newly identified dinosaur, named ...

Teeth are extreme: they evolved at roughly the same time as bones, and they’re the hardest thing in the human body. So why ...