A sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis is displayed as part of an exhibition that includes the 3.2 ...

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...

With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ...

In A Nutshell Scientists matched a mysterious 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot discovered in Ethiopia to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a human ancestor that lived alongside Lucy’s species but retained ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

Now, in a study published Tuesday called "Mystery owner of African hominin foot identified," the scientists announced that ...

Fossils newly discovered in Ethiopia indicate that previously unidentified foot bones belong to the ancient human relative ...

Scientists have finally cracked the mystery wrapped around 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the “Burtele Foot” which was ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have solved the mystery of 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the "Burtele ...

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A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.