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

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

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

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Uranium dating places the age of the Petralona skull at 300,000 years, revealing a human lineage distinct from Neanderthals ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further ...

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

A study of a million-year-old skull from China has potentially rewritten the early chapter of human evolution.

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400 000 ...