U.S. government departments press pause on pipeline construction and call for serious talks on reform of the consultation process with Native American tribes for extensive infrastructure projects.
An intriguing new study adds cred to the theory that Lucy and her relatives spent some of their time in trees.
Fossil finds are challenging our understanding of the diminutive hominins discovered in Indonesia in 2003.
A company began diamond mining at an extraordinary site in South Africa with 2.3 million years of human history. Quick action by archaeologists has led to a court decision protecting the site.
A South African heritage site preserving 2.3 million years of human history has been gravely damaged by new mining activity.
A new study suggests that changes to the head and teeth seen in our early human ancestors could have occurred before cooking—thanks to the invention of chopping raw meat.