These newly discovered dates, identified through a new dating method, indicate that the fossils found at the Sterkfontein caves date from the very beginning of the Australopithecine era, rather ...

The Australopithecus africanus specimen is the oldest hominin analyzed for sex using palaeoproteomics.

Humans Fossil proteins may soon reveal how we're related to Australopithecus Australopithecus came before us, but that doesn't tell us which specific individual species is our ancestor.

The ape-like human ancestor Australopithecus—perhaps best known from the iconic fossil ‘Lucy’—might not have had much meat on its menu. After examining more than 3.3-million-year-old remains from ...

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 ...

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Hand-drawn illustration of two of the seven sampled molars from Australopithecus. (Credit: Dom Jack, MPIC) “This method opens up exciting possibilities for understanding human evolution, and it has ...

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 ...

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.

image: Hand-drawn illustration of two of the seven sampled molars from Australopithecus. view more Credit: Dom Jack, MPIC Human ancestors like Australopithecus – which lived around 3.5 million ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to determine ...