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

Two-million-year-old teeth transform theory of prehistoric human evolution Changes in the appearance of ancient teeth could act as a new evolutionary marker, writes Ian Towle ...

Two million years of evolution We looked at fossil teeth from hominins (humans and our closest extinct relatives) from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, where we can see traces of more than two million ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

We're always learning something new about human evolution, and this time, ancient teeth can provide some interesting details of our connection to our fossil ancestors.You know the enamel that forms on ...

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

Nitrogen isotope analysis reveals Australopithecus primarily ate plants, reshaping views on early hominin diets and evolution.

The discovery of the 2.5-million-year-old Taung Child skull marked a turning point in the study of human brain evolution.

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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 ...

The discovery of her fossil skeleton 50 years ago transformed our understanding of human evolution. But it turns out her species, Australopithecus afarensis, wasn't alone.