One of our earliest ancestors, who lived around 3.5 million years ago, stuck to a mostly vegetarian diet. The ancient […] The ...

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.” ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species ...