The ancient hominin Australopithecus anamensis is thought to be one of our oldest known relations – but what do we actually know about the species? How long ago did they live?

The discovery is changing our understanding of Australopithecus, an ancient hominin. Fossils of early humans from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old, ...

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For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins, marking a milestone in the field of paleoanthropology. The study ...

Redating specimens of Australopithecus may rewrite human history The richest hominin fossil-bed in the world is a million years older than previously thought ...

She got permission to take samples from Australopithecus remains found in a South African cave, and used a dental drill to nab bits of tooth enamel from teeth that belonged to seven individuals.

Item 1 of 3 An illustration of two of the seven molars from Australopithecus, unearthed in South Africa, that were sampled in new research exploring the diet of this important ancient human ancestor.

The discovery is changing our understanding of Australopithecus, an ancient hominin. Fossils of early humans from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old, ...