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 ...

whose 3.2-million-year-old remains belonging to Africa's Australopithecus afarensis were long considered to be the species that gave rise to the earliest humans. The updated timeline means the two ...

Given its dating and location, most researchers agree that the footprints were almost certainly left by Australopithecus afarensis, the same species as the famous skeleton known as “Lucy.” ...

It’s the first known partial skeleton representing one of our early relatives, Australopithecus afarensis. Between 3.9 million and 2.9 million years ago, these early humans lived among the ...