These data shed new light on two questions that have been controversial. The first is whether there is evidence for human-like brain evolution in A. afarensis, and the second is whether the pattern of ...

Australopithecus afarensis inhabited eastern Africa more than 3 million years ago — Lucy herself is estimated to be 3.2 million years old — and occupies a key position in the hominin family tree, as ...

Australopithecus afarensis may have walked upright and looked somewhat human-like, but they were much smaller than we are. Lucy died as a young but fully grown adult, and stood only 1.1m (3.7ft ...

This species is considered the direct ancestor of Australopithecus afarensis, the species best known from the famous partial skeleton nicknamed Lucy This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your ...

For almost a million years, A. afarensis lived throughout East Africa, and paleoanthropologists have found numerous fossils of this species ranging from north central Ethiopia to northern Tanzania ...

When Au. afarensis was named as a new species in 1978, it was the earliest human ancestor ever documented, with an age range of 3.8 million to 3.0 million years ago.

Fossils of early humans from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old, a million years older than previously suspected. The discovery is changing our understanding of ...

Australopithecus afarensis. Image of the Day: Slow-Growing Brains. Amy Schleunes | | 1 min read. Scans of eight fossilized adult and infant Australopithecus afarensis skulls reveal a prolonged period ...

The rare fossil, representing 40% of a skeleton belonging to a female Australopithecus afarensis, was named “Lucy,” for the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.” ...

A sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis in an exhibition that included the 3.2 million-year-old fossilized remains of "Lucy." (Image credit: Dave Einsel via Getty Images) ...

More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis ...

In a study published in Current Biology, researchers have revealed that Australopithecus afarensis, an ancient hominin species, exhibited a limited capacity for running. This small bipedal ancestor, ...