A group of scientists proposes that modern humans began their global migration from the southern coast of Africa, rather than eastern Africa. Leveraging marine resources and advanced tools, Homo ...

Southern Cape likely origin of modern humans’ global migration.Coastal resources and advanced culture aided survival and ...

New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

New research suggests the origins of modern humans may have begun by the sea in southern Africa 70,000 years ago.

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

A boys accidental trip over a fossil in South Africa uncovers the human missing link, Australopithecus sediba. New 2025 study ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...