Could these fossils be the much-sought “missing link”?
The fortuitous discovery of the fossils involved a motivated researcher, a dog, and a 9-year-old boy.
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Lucy, our famous hominid ancestor, likely died falling from a tree
This isn't the final word, though.
Scientists discover pre-human species that roamed with “Lucy”
In 1974, anthropologists found a 40% complete skeleton of a female which they identified as a pre-human species; they called her ...
New hominid species that lived alongside the famous Lucy was mostly a climber, not a walker
Africa proves yet again that it's the cradle of the hominid family, and in consequence the human species. Scientists have ...
Human tool use pushed back 800,000 years by new discovery
Two bones bearing the scars of tool use, discovered in Dikika, Ethiopia. Credit: Dikika Research Project. Although the oldest sexual ...
