The fossils found here belong to the genus Australopithecus, species anamensis. ... a 4.4 million-year-old partial skeleton of the species Ardipithecus ramidus — the most recent Ardipithecus ...

A facial reconstruction of the 3.8 million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis specimen found in Ethiopia in 2016. ... The nearly complete skeleton "Lucy" was a member of that latter group, ...

The find, from 3.8 million years ago, reveals the face for a presumed ancestor of the species famously represented by Lucy, the celebrated Ethiopian partial skeleton found in 1974.

The 3.8 million-year-old cranium of the 'MRD' specimen of Australopithecus anamensis. Dale Omori / Cleveland Museum of Natural History The skull was buried in sand that was deposited in a river ...

Australopithecus anamensis lived between about 4.2 million and 3.8 million years ago. About 3.8 million years ago, a distant human relative took his final steps. Swept into a river delta, his head ...

Modern-looking Ardipithecus skeleton may be link between that genus, Australopithecus. Modern-looking Ardipithecus skeleton may be link between that genus, Australopithecus. Fox News Media; ...

Around 3.67 million years ago, an ancient human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot fell about 30 feet down into a deep shaft of a cave. Today, she represents the most complete Australopithecus ...

Purdue's Darryl Granger and Marc Caffee have determined the age of a fossilized skeleton thought to be an Australopithecus – a genus of African hominids from which humanity is thought to have ...

Everybody knows "Lucy." For nearly four decades, this famous partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis, dated to 3.2 million years ago, has been an ambassador for our prehistoric past, and ...

The latest fossil unearthed from a human ancestral hot spot in Africa allows scientists to link together the most complete chain of human evolution so far.