The Lucy fossil’s role in human evolution is debated: new discoveries question whether she was truly our direct ancestor.

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

Little Foot’ does not fit into any known species, prompting the suggestion that an as-yet unidentified human ancestor may ...

Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to be member of ape-like human ancestor family that lived nearly 2 million years ago ...

Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, ...

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.