Discover the Australopithecus anamensis skull, a 3.8 million-year-old find that reshapes our understanding of hominin evolution. On Feb. 10, 2016, the face of a ghost emerged from weathered Ethiopian ...

Around 2 million years ago, the first humans evolved from australopiths, our smaller-brained ape-like ancestors. Back in 2008, researchers found two skeletons in South Africa from the ape-like ...

1.2 to 4.4 million years ago was a happening time in human evolution. It’s when our evolutionary branch — the hominins — diversified into about a dozen species, collectively known as Australopiths. So ...

Australopithecus prometheus or Australopithecus africanus? Though the question might sound simple, it isn't so straightforward for scientists, who have been stumped by the famous "Little Foot" fossil ...

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Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz PhD is professor of biological anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One consequence of continually lumping new specimens into a few species is ...

The short legs and squat physique of the ape-like human ancestors known as australopiths made them better fighters, according to a study published this month. University of Utah professor of biology ...

She is one of mankind's oldest and best preserved ancestors and is more than three million years old. And now new research suggests that 'Lucy', along with others in her species, may have needed a ...

Lucy had a small brain, tiny bones, and wasn’t even four feet tall. But Lucy, the australopith, was a survivor. Many years ago, I read of a discovery that set my mind on fire. An American ...

Three has become five. Laetoli in northern Tanzania is the site of iconic ancient footprints, capturing the moment – 3.66 million years ago – when three members of Lucy’s species (Australopithecus ...