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The most famous human ancestor, Lucy the australopithecine, was named after the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. But new research might warrant a theme song change to Adele's Skyfall. Did Lucy ...

Update: Not only have we found a long-lost cousin, but it now appears that the skull of newly unveiled Australopithecus sediba contains a print of its brain. The skull of the young male ...

Homo habilis has long been considered the earliest member of the human genus, known for its association with early stone ...

One of the world's most important fossils has a story to tell about the brain evolution of modern humans and their ancestors, according to new research. The Taung fossil -- the first australopithecine ...

Could the intelligence of Australopithecines be more developed than we previously thought? Recent discoveries about these ancestors raise questions about our evolution. At the heart of human history, ...

The human family tree is looking more and more like an unruly bush. Paleontologists have now uncovered the teeth of two different ancient human lineages at the same site in northeastern Ethiopia. The ...

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More than 3 million years ago, when “Lucy” was roaming the savannah of present-day Ethiopia, she may have encountered other two-legged apes not unlike her own species, Australopithecus afarensis—yet ...

DURING October 1954, Mr. C. K. Brain 1 discovered 129 trimmed, utilized or damaged stones in situ in the 18-ft. red, gravel-bearing, sandy layer 25 ft. above the australopithecine-carrying grey ...

Tanya M. Smith receives funding from the Australian Academy of Science and the US National Science Foundation. Philipp Gunz receives funding from the Max Planck Society (Germany). Zeray Alemseged ...