The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

An environmental activist working on an effort to coordinate a global treaty to phase out fossil fuels was detained then ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil hominin jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae that belong to ...

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

Fresh findings about arm and leg bones advance the debate over whether Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, but not ...

We must reject the argument that climate protection is a burden on the economy, says energy expert Hans-Josef Fell.

Exclusive: Chris Bowen says key to next UN climate summit will be ‘engagement, engagement, engagement’ with countries such as Saudi Arabia ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.