The first example of Paranthropus was discovered in South Africa by Dr Robert Broom in 1938. Its name means “beside man” and ...

With the tried-and-true education adage “It takes a village to raise a child” in mind, the largest and fastest-growing school district in the Pikes Peak region brought together local leaders Friday to ...

World famous anthropologist Jane Goodall died quietly in her sleep from heart failure while on a speaking tour in California, ...

Thanks to a major breakthrough, we may soon learn everything about one of the most debated prehistoric human ancestors, the ...

It started with her childhood love of animals and all the books she read; and continued with meeting Mary & Dr. Louis Leaky and befriending the chimp at Gombe in Tanzania she named David Greybeard.

There are an abundance of terms that can be used to describe Jane Goodall—scientist, activist, conservationist, humanitarian, primatologist, ethologist—but none may be more fitting than pioneer.

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

Koobi Fora Research Project team working at the KNM-ER 101000 fossil site on the eastern side of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Photo by Louise Leakey Stony Brook-led study on new hand and foot fossils ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

Some sixty years after her grandmother discovered “Nutcracker Man,” Louise Leakey unearths his long-lost hand—reviving a ...

One of the most important legacies a person can leave behind is one of change — of irreparably breaking glass ceilings, ...