Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
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Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggestsLucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only ...
Her species provided compelling evidence that upright walking evolved before large brains in human evolution.
A study comparing fossil skulls and great ape anatomy reveals how temporal lobes evolved in response to social complexity and ...
The temporal lobe - a key area of our brain responsible for our memory and communication - could also reveal hidden clues ...
More recently the species has been renamed Paranthropus boisei and described as a branch of the human family tree, but not a direct ancestor of Homo sapiens. The anatomy was unlike Lucy ...
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
The temporal lobe—a key area of our brain responsible for our memory and communication—could also reveal hidden clues about ...
and specialises in “filling in gaps in the fossil records of both Australopithecus ancestors and their cousins Paranthropus”. Along with Braga is a team of scientists from the Evolutionary ...
Fossils of Australopithecus, Kenyanthropus, and Paranthropus species show a mix of adaptations that have ape-like and ...
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