The recent discovery of a 3.8m-year-old cranium (skull without the lower jaw) is the hottest topic of conversation among palaeoanthropologists right now. But fossils are found all the time, so why is ...

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Everything we know about the group of human ancestors called australopiths comes from just a few dozen fossils. But a skull discovered in Ethiopia is now changing anthropologists' understanding of the ...

About 3.8 million years ago, a distant human relative took his final steps. Swept into a river delta, his head was buried in sand that, over time, hardened into a stone helmet. The skull fossilized ...

The latest fossil un-earthed from a human ancestral hot spot in Africa allows scientists to link together the most complete chain of human evolution so far. The 4.2 million-year-old fossil discovered ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The face of an ancient human ancestor that lived 3.8 million years ago has been revealed by scientists following the ...

Researchers have discovered a remarkably complete 3.8-million-year-old cranium of Australopithecus anamensis at Woranso-Mille in Ethiopia. The 3.8 million-year-old fossil cranium represents a time ...

A 3.8-million-year-old skull discovered in Ethiopia has been identified as the ancestor of the famous homonid “Lucy,” researchers announced Wednesday. Discovered in February 2016 at the Woranso-Mille ...