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New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

A peer-reviewed 3D study flags a femoral feature tied to hip stabilization in bipeds, prompting calls for new fossils to settle the question.

9,500-Year-Old Pyre in Malawi Marks Africa's Earliest Intentional Cremation

Heavy Wool on Pompeii Victims Found in New Analysis as Eruption-Date Dispute Continues

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

Viking-Age Grave in Norway Shows Unprecedented Scallop Shell Placement at Woman’s Mouth

Mexico Excavation Reveals 1,400-Year-Old Cube-Shaped Skull in Tamaulipas

Oldest Evidence of Deliberate Fire-Making in Europe Found in England, 400,000 Years Ago

Oldest Confirmed Human Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old UK Site

Study Finds Roman Rule Hurt Health in British Cities, Not the Countryside

Excavation at Tuam Finds Evidence of Second Infant Burial Ground

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Study Finds Plant Processing Long Predated Farming, Recasting the Stone Age Diet

Neanderthals at Goyet Targeted Nonlocal Women and Children for Cannibalism, Study Finds

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to A. deyiremeda, Reveals Coexistence With A. afarensis

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, Confirms Coexistence With Lucy’s Species

Genetic Study Dates First Settlement of Australia to 60,000 Years, Via Two Routes

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Nature Study Links 2009 Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Goyet Cave Study Reconstructs Neanderthal Victims, Suggests Targeted Cannibalism