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

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, ...

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.

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.

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 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 ...

The finding that Australopithecus, with a brain smaller than later hominins, "did not consume substantial amounts of mammalian meat is consistent with the hypothesis that a dietary change played a ...

Australopithecus 1 Million Years Older! Posted: May 27, 2025 | Last updated: June 15, 2025. These newly discovered dates, identified through a new dating method, indicate that the fossils found at ...

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 would have roamed areas of open wooded grassland as well as more dense forests in East Africa around 3 to 4 million years ago.

The First Australopithecus, 1925. The discovery of the 2.5-million-year-old Taung Child skull marked a turning point in the study of human brain evolution. Sabrina Richards. Sabrina Richards. This ...