The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 The hyperrealistic artistic reconstruction of the female Austrolopithecus afarensis (Lucy), based on finds ...

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New research shows Australopithecus, an early human ancestor, likely consumed little to no meat, challenging previous assumptions. ... Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis.

Australopithecus inhabited eastern and southern Africa from roughly 4.2 to 1.9 million years ago. Our species Homo sapiens appeared roughly 300,000 years ago. The seven individuals studied were ...

The most famous Australopithecus fossil is the one nicknamed Lucy, which was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 and is about 3.2 million years old. Lucy, likely female, stood about one metre tall. Males ...

Item 1 of 3 An illustration of two of the seven molars from Australopithecus, unearthed in South Africa, that were sampled in new research exploring the diet of this important ancient human ancestor.

The study determined the diet of seven Australopithecus individuals from South Africa dating to between 3.7 and 3.3 mil Meat was not on the menu for human ancestor Australopithecus Skip to main ...

Lucy, our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of the species Australopithecus afarensis, may not have won gold in the Olympics – but new evidence suggests she was able to run upright. According to ...

Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis 1 — a small hominin that lived more than ...

Even with the enormous amount of Australopithecus Afarensis fossils found in the last 50 years, paleoanthropologists still have a lot of work ahead of them to really understand Lucy's world.

And her remarkable species, Australopithecus afarensis, may have been our direct ancestor. Our discoveries about Lucy have transformed our understanding of humanity's tangled family tree.

As the Cleveland Museum of Natural History prepares for the unveiling of its landmark transformation in December, FreshWater is highlighting some of the research that happens, both within the museum’s ...