Learn more about the ancient footprints found in Greece, which could upend theories on hominin emigration from Africa.

In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose partial remains ... and was capable of standing and walking upright, similar to modern humans.

New research provides the first direct evidence of whether Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor, consumed meat or plant-based diet. A new study published in the American Journal of ...

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 ...

Lucy, likely female, stood about one metre tall. Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are ...

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 ...

Lucy, our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of the species Australopithecus afarensis, may not have won ... “a byproduct of selection for enhanced walking capabilities”. According to some theories ...

Other fossils belonging to Australopithecus afarensis provide compelling evidence that the species walked upright on two legs, confirming that upright walking evolved before large brains in human ...

Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis, an extinct hominin – a group that ... Two features set humans apart from all other primates: big brains and standing and walking on two ...

and 70 individual prints indicate the presence of at least three individuals walking upright on two feet. Given the presumed age, the makers were likely Australopithecus afarensis. An image of a ...

According to Wiseman, some scientists have long believed that the Australopithecus Afarensis walked in a ... it is unclear if upright walking was frequently practiced or if it was a rarer ...