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

Learn about new research that examined fossilized teeth to confirm the vegetarian diets of Australopithecus, our ancestor ...

afarensis skeletons ever discovered and possibly the world's most famous anthropological celebrity. Australopithecus ...

Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species Australopithecus africanus.

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 ...

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 ...