In a major genetic study, researchers revealed the unique ancestry of Ötzi the Iceman, the prehistoric man unearthed three ...

The lab, founded in the late 1980s by Ethiopia’s first paleoanthropologist, Berhane Asfaw, was set up to prevent the export ...

Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge ...

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time in Prague this year, the Czech premier said Tuesday ...

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 ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the remarkable remains continue to yield theories and questions.

Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery She was often described as 'the grandmother of humanity', but more recent discoveries suggest she may have been more like an aunt or ...

Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery Addis Ababa (AFP) – She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in ...

Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery In a non-descript room in the National Museum of Ethiopia, the 3.18-million-year-old bones are delicately removed from a safe and ...