Some researchers hypothesize that the incorporation of animal-based foods in early hominin diets led to increased brain size, smaller gut size, and increased stature.

The study determined the diet of seven Australopithecus individuals from South Africa dating to between 3.7 and 3.3 mil Meat was not on the menu for human ancestor Australopithecus Skip to main ...

When the Paleolithic Period dawned, at least one group from which humanity may have descended had a diet that would infuriate most people who think they’re “eating Paleo”. In fact, a group of ...

Newly published research—“Humanlike manual activities in Australopithecus” (Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 196, November 2024)—indicates that the manufacture and use of tools occurred ...

Human ancestors like Australopithecus – which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa – ate very little to no meat, according to new research published in the scientific journal ...

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early human ancestors dating from 2.9-3.9 million years ago. The partially complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton Lucy, or Dinkʼinesh (Amharic ...

Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, ... Kenya, and Chad indicates that Australopithecus afarensis was not the only hominin species during the middle Pliocene, ...

Uniform, circular and shallow pitting on teeth may be a previously undetected clue about evolutionary relationships. Credit: Towle et al, Journal of Human Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol ...

Human ancestor was in Eurasia nearly 2 million years ago, ... "Australopithecus in general was maturing fast," DeSilva said, "and it makes sense if you're on a landscape full of predators." ...

Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis 1 — a small hominin that lived more than ...

Lucy, our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of the species Australopithecus afarensis, may not have won gold in the Olympics – but new evidence suggests she was able to run upright. According to ...

This year marks half a century since the discovery of Lucy, a hominid fossil that would go on to drastically alter our understanding of human evolution. The man who unearthed her, Donald Johanson ...