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, whose ...

Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old ancestor of humans ... and run efficiently on two legs began two million years ago with Homo erectus. We also know that four million years ago, Australopithecus ...

This species includes "Lucy," the 3.2 million year old fossil ... but smaller than the Homo erectus brain. The first example of Homo erectus, known as "Java Man," was discovered in Indonesia ...

"Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative ... efficiently on two feet arose around 2 million years ago with our Homo erectus ancestors. But our earlier relatives, the australopithecines ...

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

(Photo of Lucy reproduction at the Institute of Human ... A direct line of connective tissue runs through us all the way back to Homo erectus, Australopithecines, sea sponges, single-celled ...

His legs were relatively long in proportion to his body compared to earlier hominids like Lucy. With his tall ... With the appearance Homo erectus/ergaster in the fossil record we also see ...

They also had bigger brains than earlier species, though not quite as large as the brains of today’s humans, Homo sapiens. H. erectus persisted for more than 1.5 million years before going ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest ...

Paris (AFP) – Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...