Bipedalism, or walking on two legs, is one of the key features that distinguishes humans from other apes. But when and why ...

Around 4 million years ago, Australopithecus afarensis began walking upright on the ancient African savannah, a pivotal moment in human evolution. This unique ape, capable of standing tall, paved the ...

On the right is a depiction of an early Homo human ancestor characterized by relatively greater bone strength of the femur in the thigh compared to the humerus in the arm. To the left is a depiction ...

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 ...

Fossils found at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reveal nearly four million years of hominin and environmental evolution. The Sterkfontein Cave has become famous for the hundreds of ...

A new study reveals that "Little Foot," a 3.7-million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton, had ape-like arms for climbing and ...

The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scientists ...

New evidence from fossils representing two groups of human ancestors—Australopithecus and early Homo—adds an important piece to the puzzle about when our ancestors transitioned from a life often spent ...

・The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the human fossil record. ・A Monash University researcher proposes placing ...

Human evolution may need a new name for much of its family tree. Fossils once separated into Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus increasingly resist those neat divisions, raising a basic question ...