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Seismic Study Finds Extreme Crustal Thinning in East Africa’s Turkana Rift

The imaging points to a slow march toward a new ocean over millions of years.

Virtual Reconstruction Reveals Little Foot’s Face, Hinting East African Affinities

Oldest, Most Complete Homo Habilis Skeleton Described From Kenya

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

Kenyan Site Reveals 300,000 Years of Early Oldowan Toolmaking

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Skull Recasts Early Human Family Tree

Digital Rebuild of 1-Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Recasts Human Family Tree

Harbin Skull Identified as First Near-Complete Denisovan Cranium

50 Years On, Lucy's Discovery Continues to Shape Human Evolution Research

Lucy: The Fossil That Transformed Our Understanding of Human Evolution

75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Woman's Face Painstakingly Recreated

Ancient Human Jawbone Found in Residential Floor Tile