Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, ...

Human evolution may need a new name for much of its family tree. Fossils once separated into Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus increasingly resist those neat divisions, raising a basic question ...

The face of an ancient human fossil has only ever been known for its crushed visage -- until now. But reconstruction efforts only raised new questions.