Natural history is a difficult thing to conceptualize. You’ve got eons of undocumented progress, like the evolution of many species. Take, for example, the Australopithecus, an ancient great ape ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

A new study in Nature described 13 fossilized teeth from Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru site that belonged to both a primitive Homo and an unknown species of Australopithecus. The paper detailed teeth dated ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful of teeth found at the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia suggest that diverse ...

Home to Lucy, Ardi, the oldest stone tools, the first fossils of modern humans and many other discoveries, Ethiopia deserves the title of Cradle of Humankind Erin Wayman Lucy, a partial ...

Trece dientes fósiles revelan que los homínidos Australopithecus y Homo coexistieron hace entre 2,6 y 2,8 millones de años en la región de Afar, Etiopía, según un estudio publicado el miércoles (13.08 ...