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Scientists previously thought Australopithecus anamensis lived before other early hominin species. But the 3.8 million-year-old skull shows that there wasn't a linear transition from one species ...

This species of Australopithecus exhibited powerful chewing abilities. One fossil found in the Omo River of Ethiopia showed that these early humans were well-adapted to eating hard and tough food.

M odern humans ( Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives of the human family tree, but we're the last sentence ...

Most species of Australopithecus were diminutive, usually standing 3 feet 11 inches to 4 feet 7 inches tall. Males were bigger than females - like its descendants today.

Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.

Meet Australopithecus deyiremeda – a newly discovered species of hominin, found in Ethiopia, that sheds light on our earliest ancestors, scientists say.

After examining the fossils of two hominids that lived nearly 2 million years ago, anthropologists said that the anatomical features of the adult female and young male strongly suggest they could ...

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 ...

The study determines the diet of seven Australopithecus individuals from South Africa dating to between 3.7 and 3.3 million years ago ...