South African history is often simplified down to colonisation and apartheid. In truth, this is a restrictive view of the ...

Childbirth was difficult and dangerous for our ape-like ancestors, much as it is for women today. A new study of the pelvises of Australopithecus suggests that labour exerted powerful forces on their ...

ARUSHA: THE wind sweeps across jagged cliffs and deep ravines at Olduvai Gorge, carrying whispers of footsteps that walked the Earth millions of years ago. Here in northern Tanzania, within the ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed ...

What did the face of our ancestors look like 3 million years ago? Meet the reconstructed face of “Little Foot” – the most complete biological Australopithecus specimen that ever existed. The search ...

What did the face of our ancestors look like three million years ago? Our international team has answered this question by virtually reconstructing the facial fragments of Little Foot, the most ...

Australopithecus Africanus lived around 3.3 – 2.1 million years ago in Southern Africa, hence the name Australopithecus (Southern ape) Africanus (from Africa). Two skulls have been discovered to be ...

A recent study has provided evidence that could rewrite our understanding of the diet of early human ancestors. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the University of ...

Australopithecus fossils are a million years older than thought New burial dating techniques applied to South African cave sediments reveal that Australopithecus fossils are far older than previously ...

New research suggests the famous “Little Foot” fossil may belong to a completely unknown human species. The finding challenges long-held views of early human evolution. Credit: La Trobe University The ...

The iconic Lucy fossil, Australopithecus afarensis, was regarded for decades as one of the best-known links in human evolution. However, based on the latest research and fossil discoveries, its role ...