THE importance of Australopithecus as a possible near relative of man is such that it seems but right that the world should have the facts at the earliest moment after they are fully confirmed.

AT the time of going to press, we have received a further communication from Dr. R. Broom, dated October 5, supplementing his letter under this title which appears on p. 681. He writes: "Since the ...

Meet Australopithecus deyiremeda – a newly discovered species of hominin, found in Ethiopia, that sheds light on our earliest ancestors, scientists say.

Australopithecus who? And exactly how is this Homo naledi character related to me? A team of scientists discovered this new species of human relative in fossils retrieved from a cave near ...

Those previous Australopithecus anamensis specimens, found in Kenya and Ethiopia, were between 4.2 million and 3.9 million years old. This new skull is slightly younger, ...

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.

Baptized Australopithecus sediba, the partially fossilized specimens -- an adult female and a juvenile male -- were found in 2008 in a cavern 40 kilometers (24 miles) from Johannesburg.

For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins, marking a milestone in the field of paleoanthropology. The study ...

The Australopithecus fossil was found in a cave system in South Africa's Gauteng province during gruelling excavations between 1994 and 1998.

Australopithecus has been one of the captivating traits in determining Human ancestry. The most recent update is derived from the study of the skull, which was discovered in Ethiopia.

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 has been one of the captivating traits in determining Human ancestry. The most recent update is derived from the study of the skull, which was discovered in Ethiopia. It provides ...