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

Synchrotron imaging enabled a provisional, shareable 3D model that other teams can reexamine.

Oldest Known Wooden Tools Found in Greece, Dated to 430,000 Years

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

NYU-Led Reanalysis Points to Bipedalism in 7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus

Reanalysis of Sahelanthropus Fossils Points to Early Bipedal Adaptations

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

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

Study Finds 'Little Foot' May Be an Undocumented Australopithecus Lineage

Study Finds Earliest Strong Evidence of Hominin Fire-Making at 400,000-Year-Old English Site

Prolonged Drought Tied to ‘Hobbit’ Disappearance on Flores, New Study Finds

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

Goyet Cave Study Reconstructs Neanderthal Victims, Suggests Targeted Cannibalism

Study Finds Selective Exocannibalism of Non-Local Neanderthals at Belgium’s Goyet Caves

Altamura Neanderthal’s Nose Reconstruction Overturns Claimed Cold-Adaptation Traits

Study Recasts Ardi’s 4.4-Million-Year-Old Ankle, Blending Ape-Like Climbing With Early Bipedal Traits

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power