A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

“Hundreds of fossils representing over a dozen species of Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and Homo had been found in the Afar ...

A rare fossil discovery in Ethiopia has pushed the known range of Paranthropus hundreds of miles farther north than ever before. The 2.6-million-year-old jaw suggests this ancient relative of humans ...

At just 18, Mia J. Henderson, a promising student and athlete from the Navajo Nation, was interested in a medical career in genetics, sports medicine or dentistry. She had already spent a summer at ...