The fossilized remains were discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa, a site renowned for its wealth of hominid ...

Experts Determine the Gender of an Extinct Hominin Species by Extracting Protein From Teeth Enamel of a Fossil Experts ...

Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

The wear of the teeth suggests that A. africanus ate fruits and foliage. Believed to be roughly the same size as A. afarensis, A. robustus had a large, "robust" (heavier, thicker) skull ...

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It’s been 100 years since Australopithecus africanus was first described in the journal Nature, suggesting that the African continent had been the birthplace of humanity. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks ...