More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

Vice President JD Vance was on hand to cast a tie-breaking vote, unusual in the Senate for Cabinet nominees, who typically ...

DJ Unk, "Walk It Out" Rapper, Dead at 43 Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other ...

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

Uncover the truth about early human diet. New research suggests our ancient relatives may not have been avid meat-eaters as ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed ... fossil is the one nicknamed Lucy, which was discovered in Ethiopia ...

An early human ancestor of our species successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa than previously thought, according to a new study published in Nature ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed a mix of ape ... The most famous Australopithecus fossil is the one nicknamed ...

Human ancestors like Australopithecus -- which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa -- ate very little to no meat, according to new research. This conclusion comes from an ...