With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a ...

A jumble of bones and teeth confirms two species of human ancestor lived side by side over 3.3 million years ago in ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than ...

Now, in a study published Tuesday called "Mystery owner of African hominin foot identified," the scientists announced that ...

Scientists have finally assigned foot bones found in 2009 to an ancient human species, and the move suggests that different ...

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big ...

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree.

Freshly unearthed jaw bones and teeth that were found close to a previously discovered foot suggest human relatives tried ...

Researchers determined that a hominin foot fossil from Lucy's time belonged to different species-with help from teeth Fragments of BRT-VP-2/135 before ...

PARIS - Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ...