To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans, as well as to the anatomy of "knuckle-walking" primates like ...

Fossils from the Cradle of Humankind ... including those represented by the famous ‘Lucy‘ (Australopithecus afarensis; about 3.2 million years old) and ‘Hobbit’ (Homo floresiensis ...

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early ... The discovery of cut-marked bones in Dikika, Ethiopia (in 2009) dated at 3.4 million years, and in 2011 of stone tools at Lomekwi ...

Scans of eight fossilized adult and infant Australopithecus afarensis skulls reveal a prolonged period of brain growth during development that may have set the stage for extended childhood learning in ...

The discovery of cut-marked bones in Dikika, Ethiopia (in 2009 ... This means that it was probably not physiologically possible for Australopithecus afarensis to engage in persistence hunting, unlike ...

Ancient humans -- also called hominins -- such as the robust Australopithecus are known to have used fragments of bones to dig up tubers from termite mounds. Even today our closest living ...

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early human ancestors ... The discovery of cut-marked bones in Dikika, Ethiopia (in 2009) dated at 3.4 million years, and in 2011 of stone tools at ...

Subsequent discoveries of Australopithecus afarensis and associated fauna appeared to corroborate this hypothesis. However, the ecological contexts of the earliest hominins suggest that the link ...

Taieb recognized the potential importance of the Hadar Formation, where remains of the hominin Australopithecus afarensis were found only a few ... Taieb had discovered a cache of snail fossils in ...

Body size is estimated from weight-bearing bones, including those in the hips. In Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, the average adult male weighed near 110 pounds and stood around 4 feet ...