“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...

Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.

Hand fossils confirmed to belong to Paranthropus boisei species show that it had manual dexterity advanced enough to grasp ...

Research reveals that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals encountered unexpected levels of lead exposure, shaping how our ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

A major fossil discovery about our ancient ancestor has occurred in Kenya. Researchers have found hand and foot bones ...

A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon.

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Chief executive Ben Lamm says the hope is for a moa thundering through New Zealand bush within 10 years. He says while it's not as hard as some of their projects, it's still difficult because they don ...

Researchers say the remains of ‘Paranthropus boisei’ reveal that this ancient relative was capable of powerfully manipulating ...

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...