For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use—people cleaning their ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago, reshaping what is known about our evolution. The 13 ...

Archaeologists uncovered teeth from an ancient human ancestor in Ethiopia's Afar Region. - Amy Rector/Virginia Commonwealth University Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long ...

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

Decades after a skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province, researchers said they suspect a much earlier and more complex ...

The Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they ...

(CNN) — Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same ...