In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a set of remarkable footprints found recently in East Africa has revealed that two species of extinct human ancestor crossed paths within hours of each other some ...
Possibly a direct ancestor of Homo sapiens, Homo erectus was the first human species to spread beyond Africa. The fossil site was a resource-rich lakeshore near the mouth of a river. "The fact ...
Fossilised remains of 'Lucy', considered ancestor of the human species, was found 50 years ago Around 3.2 million years ago, in what is now present-day Ethiopia, a tiny human made it to the fossil ...