The first almost complete set of hand bones from the ancient human relative Paranthropus boisei has been found, revealing a ...

Newly discovered African fossils lend a hand to suspicions that an ancient hominid outside our own genus, Homo, made and used stone and bone tools.

The first set of ancient hand fossils from an ape-like cousin of humans discovered in Kenya suggest a number of species were ...

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

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