Who is Lucy the Australopithecus? Five facts you probably didn't know about oldest hominin ever discovered. Lucy has been honoured with a Google Doodle on the 41st anniversary of her discovery.

The evolution of human diets remains a captivating mystery, often tied to the consumption of animal resources. High-quality ...

However, it's not known for sure which Australopithecus species gave rise to Homo - but since Homo evolved around 2.8 million years ago, it's possible that our two species are related in some way.

The discovery is changing our understanding of Australopithecus, an ancient hominin. Fossils of early humans from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old, ...

The Australopithecus has been around for a while now—and so has our knowledge of that human ancestor. The species Australopithecus africanus (“the southern ape of Africa”) was first ...

A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago has found they were mostly or totally vegetarian. The consumption of animal foods such as meat is considered to ...

Australopithecus afarensis had an ape-like brain Contrary to previous claims, the brain imprints of A. afarensis were found to be ape-like, lacking key features that uniquely evolved in humans.

Australopithecus afarensis, an ancient human ancestor who lived around 3 million years ago, spent most of its time walking, instead of climbing trees like chimps.

Named after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” the 3.2 million-year-old remains belong to the Australopithecus afarensis family, a species that shares both human and ape ...

An ancient human relative was able to walk the ground on two legs and use their upper limbs to climb and swing like apes, according to a new study of 2 million-year-old vertebrae fossils.

The discovery is changing our understanding of Australopithecus, an ancient hominin. Fossils of early humans from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old, ...