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

Australopithecus afarensis lived from 3.8 million years ago to 2.9 million ... walk and run on two legs without falling over – even when balanced on one foot in mid-stride. In the 50 years since ...

The only exception is Little Foot, recovered from Member 2 in ... evolving into the species Australopithecus afarensis close to 3.8m years ago,” says Dr Tawane. That is the species to which ...

Such a big gap in ages between Mrs. Ples and Little Foot seemed unlikely ... to accurately date Australopithecus remains. A reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis, the famous “Lucy.” ...

Found in 1979, Lucy represented the species Australopithecus afarensis and lived 3.2 million ... including the famous Little Foot, who lived 3.67 million years ago. Today, she represents the ...

Fossils of our earliest ancestors in the "cradle of humankind" are a million years older than previously thought, according to new research. The Sterkfontein Caves in Johannesburg, South Africa ...

like Australopithecus afarensis, in east Africa,” says Professor Dominic Stratford, director of research at the caves, and one of the authors on the paper. The new ages are based on the ...

One site, Laetoli site G, is where the fossils of the Australopithecus afarensis have been recovered ... So it seems to be a little bit more of a primitive foot," McNutt told USA TODAY.

Australopithecus afarensis has long been assumed to have ... But recent discoveries of other remains, such as jaws, skulls and foot bones, have hinted that an unexpected diversity of hominins ...

The foot, for example ... to other fossils found in southern and eastern Africa, they called it Australopithecus afarensis, which in Latin means “southern ape from the afar region.” ...