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Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggests
In fact, as many as four other kinds of proto-humans roamed the continent during Lucy's time ... whether they ever interbred by looking at ancient proteins, which are coded for by DNA, she ...
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Smallest human relative ever found may have been devoured by a leopard 2 million years ago
The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...
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Lucy, our early human ancestor, may have died after falling from a tree
Credit: AFP/Getty Images Lucy, a famous early human ancestor that lived about ... could glean only a few foggy clues from the ancient skeleton. SEE ALSO: A 66-million-year-old T.
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Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought
Members of the genus Australopithecus — which includes the famed fossil Lucy — were making stone tools at least 2.6 million years ago. Bone tools appear only much later in the human story, typically ...
We modeled how early human ancestors ran—and found they were surprisingly slow
Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...
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15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...