The fossil record seems to indicate that Australopithecus is ancestral to Homo and modern humans. It was once assumed that large brain size had been a precursor to bipedalism, but …

Aug 31, 2025 · Australopithecus, group of extinct primates closely related to modern humans and known from fossils from eastern, north-central, and southern Africa. The various species lived …

Jan 3, 2024 · Found between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania), this species survived for more than 900,000 years, which is over four times as long …

Australopithecus afarensis is one of the best-known early hominins thanks to an extraordinary skeleton known as Lucy. Find out what we've learned about this species and important fossils. …

About 4.4 millions years ago, a different type of primate emerged. The first bipedal primates are classified by Paleontologists as hominids, and these first hominids had not yet developed the …

May 8, 2025 · Get an in-depth profile of Australopithecus, including this hominid's characteristics, behavior, and habitat.

Dec 3, 2023 · Australopithecus is a genus of early hominids that lived from 4.4 million to 1.4 million years ago during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. Known from numerous fossil …