New research provides the first direct evidence of whether Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor, consumed meat or plant-based diet.

Early ancestor diet revealed: Australopithecus relied on plants, not meat The findings challenge previous assumptions about early hominins and suggest that significant meat-eating may have emerged ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to ...

Sharing characteristics of both Australopithecus africanus, a previously discovered hominin from South Africa, and chimpanzees, Lucy was assigned to a new species, Australopithecus afarensis. Lucy's ...

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 ...

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By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the founding member of a previously unrecognized species, Australopithecus afarensis.

It belongs to the Lucy's species, australopithecus afarensis, but it's a juvenile, and it's almost 60% complete compared to Lucy, which is 40%.

She was assigned to a new species, Australopithecus afarensis, and given the reference number A.L.288-1, which stands for “Afar locality 288,” the spot where she, the first hominin fossil, was ...

Lucy Stood Just 3.5 Feet Tall, But Still Towers Over Our Knowledge Of Human Origins Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis, an extinct hominin. Her discovery changed our ...

Australopithecus afarensis lived from 3.8 million years ago to 2.9 million years ago, in the region that is now Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.