Summary STS 5, a nearly complete adult Australopithecus africanus, was an important fossil find because skeptics had previously argued that the Taung Child was actually a baby chimpanzee that would ...

We looked at fossil teeth from hominins (humans and our closest extinct relatives) from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, where we can see traces of more than two million years of human evolution, as well ...

And we did not find this pitting in the southern Africa species Australopithecus africanus, despite a large sample of more than 500 teeth. However, it does appear in the earliest Omo ...

And we did not find this pitting in the southern Africa species Australopithecus africanus, despite a large sample of more than 500 teeth. However, it does appear in the earliest Omo ...

Beginnings : Sahelanthropus tchadensis (6 to 7 million years ago) -- Walkers and climbers : Australopithecus afarensis (3.6 to 2.9 million years ago) -- The impossible discovery : Australopithecus ...

For instance, a reddish jasper stone resembling a human face was found in the Makapansgat Valley in South Africa and is ...

Some researchers noticed that P. robustus shared features with Australopithecus africanus. In particular, dental traits hinted at overlaps that seemed too close for comfort. Those overlaps eventually ...

Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.

Common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) are in the pig family and live in sub-Saharan Africa. African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) can also be found in sub-Saharan Africa, although in smaller ...

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Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.