Who is Lucy the Australopithecus? Five facts you probably didn't know about oldest hominin ever discovered. Lucy has been honoured with a Google Doodle on the 41st anniversary of her discovery.

Not much size difference between male and female Australopithecines Date: April 28, 2015 Source: Penn State Summary: Lucy and other members of the early hominid species Australopithecus afarensis ...

T he 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 ...

An ancient human relative was able to walk the ground on two legs and use their upper limbs to climb and swing like apes, according to a new study of 2 million-year-old vertebrae fossils.

Named after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” the 3.2 million-year-old remains belong to the Australopithecus afarensis family, a species that shares both human and ape ...

Australopithecus afarensis, an ancient human ancestor who lived around 3 million years ago, spent most of its time walking, instead of climbing trees like chimps.

The discovery is changing our understanding of Australopithecus, an ancient hominin. Fossils of early humans from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old, ...

Item 1 of 3 An illustration of two of the seven molars from Australopithecus, unearthed in South Africa, that were sampled in new research exploring the diet of this important ancient human ancestor.

You may be more familiar with Au. anamensis’ younger relative, Australopithecus afarensis.The most celebrated Australopithecus, Lucy, discovered in 1974, was a member of this species. Au ...