Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — a first for human evolution studies.

The international scientific community rebuffed this hypothesis. They were looking outside Africa for human origins and argued that the skull more likely belonged to a non-human primate. Dart was ...

It’s been 100 years since Australopithecus africanus was first described in the journal Nature, suggesting that the African continent had been the birthplace of humanity. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks ...

The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

Researchers have recreated the famous hominin’s running form – and it doesn’t look like she’d have won any marathons.

Discovered half a century ago in Ethiopia, the bones of Lucy, the most famous of the Australopithecus, are set to be ...

Lucy's fragments will be shown at Prague's National Museum as part of a 'Human Origins And Fossils' exhibition for two months ...

"Lucy's skeletal remains will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever," Fiala said. The exhibition will also feature ...

Researchers were able to recreate the running form of the famous hominin. Spoiler: she’s not winning any marathons.