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 skull, probably a male’s, belonged to a species called Australopithecus anamensis, an older relative to Lucy.

Fossils of early humans from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old, a million years older than previously suspected. The discovery is changing our understanding of ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to ...

These newly discovered dates, identified through a new dating method, indicate that the fossils found at the Sterkfontein caves date from the very beginning of the Australopithecine era, rather ...

Lucy and other members of the early hominid species Australopithecus afarensis probably were similar to humans in the size difference between males and females, according to new research.

Analyzing the chemistry of some ancient teeth has revealed what human ancestors were eating around 3 million years ago.

Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian Nitrogen isotopes in tooth enamel show no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus Date: January 17, 2025 Source: University of the ...

A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago suggests they ate mainly or only plants.