A new technique developed by scientists found that the earliest human fossils in South Africa are much older than we thought. “Sterkfontein has more Australopithecus fossils than anywhere else in the ...

One of the most famous hominin fossils may not be as familiar as we thought. The specimen, affectionately dubbed "Little Foot", could represent an entirely new species. Discovered in Sterkfontein cave ...

Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of human ancestor, according to research that raises questions about our evolutionary past. Publicly unveiled in ...