Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

Illegal mining has been rampant in Colombia, and many mining operations separate gold from ore using mercury, which then ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you ...

Ancient teeth found in Ethiopia belong to a never-before-seen species in the Australopithecus genus of human ancestors ...

An activist group called Refuse Fascism led the demonstrators as they marched down Connecticut Avenue to the National Mall, ...

The hot layer between the Earth’s crust and mantle is not static in the Afar region of Ethiopia but is surging rhythmically upwards. A study in Nature Geoscience 1 by researchers from 10 ...

The Afar People's Party (APP) has strongly condemned a recent decision by the Somali Regional Council to approve 14 new woredas (districts) and 4 new zones, alleging that the move constitutes a ...

A team of international scientists has discovered new fossils at a field site in Africa that indicate Australopithecus, and ...

Since 1993, the Afar people in Eritrea have been subjected not merely to isolated violations but to a systematic, coordinated, and genocidal policy-an official state project of extermination ...