Lucy, and other Australopithecus afarensis, had faces that resembled ... But these nearly 5-foot-tall characters also had characteristics that suggest they walked upright. That skill separates ...

afarensis specimens they scanned may have ... genus Homo beginning by two million years ago or evolved in the genus Australopithecus roughly one million years before the marked expansion of ...

Together, these characteristics are important for ... did not find evidence for brain reorganization in any Australopithecus afarensis endocast that preserves detailed sulcal impressions.

The fossils indicated that these australopithecines stood and walked upright, despite having some characteristics ... moving through the trees. Australopithecus afarensis became a perfect example ...

The species Australopithecus africanus (“the southern ape of Africa”) was first classified based on a skull found in 1924, which seemed to have characteristics of both humans and apes but ...

Named after the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” the 3.2 million-year-old remains belong to the Australopithecus afarensis ... both human and ape characteristics, according ...

She is an Australopithecus afarensis and lived between 3.85 and ... Caves will undoubtedly reignite the debate over the diverse characteristics of Australopithecus at Sterkfontein - and whether ...

When scientists examined this collection of bones, they identified certain characteristics that ... they called it Australopithecus afarensis, which in Latin means “southern ape from the afar ...

The 3.3-million-year-old fossils of an Australopithecus afarensis child from Dikika ... But the hominid also had characteristics that are normally found in arboreal apes, such as curved fingers ...