Inside Richard Leakey's discovery of an ancient human ancestor skull—the same his parents chased

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Ancient Roman site reveals early humans butchered straight-tusked elephant and crafted bone tools

Volcanic ash deposits above and below the bones at Casal Lumbroso date the carcass to around 404,000 years ago, during a warm ...