To study the shape and growth of the Australopithecus afarensis brain the researchers CT scanned the fossil skull of the Dikika child ... imprint reveals an ape-like brain organization, and no ...

The superior portion of the skull and brain can be seen in A and ... The paper emphasizes that even though it may seem like the A. afarensis specimens they scanned may have had a pronounced ...

This species is considered the direct ancestor of Australopithecus afarensis ... "The anatomical features in this skull help us to characterize this species, which in turn inform our ideas ...

The features of the Black Skull, and the related teeth and ... more primitive Australopithecus afarensis: It had a flat skull base, a shallow jaw joint, a protruding face and a small brain ...

afarensis. This skull is the first to “give us a glimpse of what the face of Australopithecus anamensis looks like,” Haile-Selassie said. It had a jutting jaw and lower features. Over millions ...

The remarkably complete skull of a human ancestor of the ... million years ago after giving rise to a later lineage, Australopithecus afarensis, to which the famed fossil Lucy belongs.

The skull was found in just two large pieces ... It was also thought to precede Lucy’s species, which is known as Australopithecus afarensis. But features of the latest find now suggest that ...

afarensis. This skull is the first to “give us a glimpse of what the face of Australopithecus anamensis looks like,” Haile-Selassie said. It had a jutting jaw and lower features. Over millions ...