Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Is Australopithecus sediba the Most Important Human Ancestor Discovery Ever?To appreciate the importance of any given discovery, we must consider it in its historical context. Viewed that way, one ...

A handful of teeth unearthed in Ethiopia has led to the discovery of a new species of human ancestor. The finding, announced ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors ...

A. sediba was soon recognized as a new species and classified with the australopithecines. (The most famous member of this group is Australopithecus afarensis, better known as Lucy, who lived 3 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

After 13 years of meticulous excavation of the nearly complete skeleton of the Australopithecus fossil named Little Foot, South African and French scientists have now convincingly shown that it is ...

Australopithecus fossil shows human ancestors swung from trees just 3 million years ago NEW ANALYSIS of humanity's earliest known ancestor, the Australopithecus, will help scientists better ...

Australopithecus sediba, believed to be an early relative of modern-day humans, enjoyed a diet of leaves, fruits, nuts, and bark, which meant they probably lived in a more wooded environment than ...

Global cooling associated with the impact of supernova remnants may have affected plants and animals, including species ...