A trio of jawbones, a leg bone, and a handful of vertebrae and teeth found in Morocco may represent one of the last common ...

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The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

This cave was probably a death trap. Nearly 800,000 years ago, carnivores dragged prey into a hollow carved into coastal rock ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

It would be easy to envy bats, bears and hedgehogs their seasonal torpor, but research has suggested that humans once ...