Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only ...
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
But so is the idea that Sahelanthropus was a biped. Again, this is why I describe this whole period as nebulous. How did Paranthropus, the last of the ape-people, survive for so long? As for how and ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. About 3.2 million years ago, our ancestor "Lucy" roamed what is now Ethiopia. The discovery of ...