A new analysis offossilized limb bones suggests that Australopithecus, an early human ancestor, combined substantial time in trees with a way of using its legs that resembled our own. The study, led ...

A boy's 2008 find in South Africa led to Australopithecus sediba, an ancient human relative about 2 million years old.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Monash University research argues our Paranthropus (pictured) and Australopithecus ancestors who lived up to 5 million years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Little Foot's face, however, has long eluded characterization—the fossil's skull was smashed in after an estimated 3.67 million ...

A new study reveals that "Little Foot," a 3.7-million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton, had ape-like arms for climbing and human-like legs for walking, reshaping our understanding of early human ...

"I imagine there might be some though who will be skeptical -- as is always the case." Their argument centers on a timeline: The oldest known Homo fossil, a jawbone, is dated at 2.8 million years old, ...