The Lucy fossil’s role in human evolution is debated: new discoveries question whether she was truly our direct ancestor.

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

At the end of 1924, an anthropologist began chipping away rock around an old primate skull — and rewrote the story of human evolution. The diminutive skull — about the size of a coffee mug — clearly ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

One of the world’s most complete early human fossils, known as Little Foot, may represent a previously unidentified species of human ancestor, according to a new Australian-led study that challenges ...

Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, ...

A WORLD-FAMOUS fossil nicknamed “Little Foot” may actually belong to a new humanlike species. The fossil was previously thought to be a member of a genus called Australopithecus – but a fresh probe ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found could be an entirely new species, according to a new study. The fossil, found in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves in 1998 and dubbed “the ...

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...

In 1998, researchers discovered one of the most complete known human ancestral fossils in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves. Almost two decades later, Ronald Clarke, the paleoanthropologist who had ...

Anthropologist Jesse Martin holding a three-dimensional print of the Little Foot skull (La Trobe University) The 'Little Foot' fossil, discovered in South Africa's Sterkfontein Caves, may represent an ...