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Fossils of early human ancestors that were found in a cave in South Africa are now thought to be a million years older than earlier estimated, thereby shaking the current scientific understanding of human evolution and its origins.

Darryl Granger of Purdue University developed the technology that updated the age of an Australopithecus found in Sterkfontein Cave. New data pushes its age back more than a million years, to 3.67 million years old.

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To accurately determine the fossils' age, researchers analyzed particles from outer space in the rocks the bones were discovered in.

Reproduction is at the very heart of evolution. So why has celibacy persisted for so long?

Yves Coppens helped discover the skeletal remains of "Lucy," which showed that human ancestors walked upright earlier than previously thought.

An international team of experts has sequenced the DNA from 16 ancient people and found that a group of Indonesian islands were a melting pot for humans thousands of years ago. The Wallacean islands, in what is now Eastern Indonesia, have a long...

An international team of researchers has authored a study claiming they may have discovered what is possibly the oldest human fossil in existence in China.

New findings hold global implications for understanding how expanding social networks contributed to the expansion of modern humans out of Africa.

The Wallacean islands, in what is now Eastern Indonesia, have a long and rich history of being home to modern humans going back thousands of years.