of what Anamensis might have looked like Researchers have discovered a nearly complete 3.8-million-year-old skull of an early ape-like human ancestor in Ethiopia. An analysis of the new specimen ...

The discovery of an ancient ape skull may challenge the long-held belief that the ancestors of apes and humans came from Africa, a controversial new study says. The partial skull of the ape ...

The skull possesses a mishmash of traits that were different from features seen in the skulls of older tetrapods, the ancient ancestors of amphibians and other living four-legged vertebrates.

SHENYANG, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Imagine peering into the distant past by glimpsing the face of an ancient ancestor based on a skull. Thanks to cutting-edge 3D technology, archaeologists in northeast ...

The face of mankind's oldest direct ancestor - who roamed the Earth 3.8 million years ago - has been unveiled by scientists. It has been reconstructed from a remarkably preserved skull.

a member of the research team who stumbled upon the skull while on a wild search. He derived the name ‘ales’ from Turkana word for ancestor. The researchers believe Alesi is a new species ...