Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago
In 2009, paleoanthropologists discovered 8 bones from the foot of an ancient human forefather in 3.4-million-year-old sediments at the paleontological website of Woranso-Mille in the Afar Rift in Ethiopia. According…
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Australopithecus Males Were Much Larger than Females, Paleoanthropologist Says
2 extinct hominins, Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanuswere considerably more dimorphic than chimpanzees and contemporary human beings; Australopithecus afarensis were likewise substantially more dimorphic than Australopithecus africanusaccording to Dr. Adam…
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Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi Used Different Types of Hand Grips, Study Suggests
Australopithecus sediba — a little hominin types that lived about 2 million years earlier– had a mix of ape-like and human-like functions, while Homo naledi — a recently-discovered hominin types…
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Australopithecus Didn’t Regularly Eat Meat, New Study Shows
Australopithecus had a variable however plant-based diet plan, according to an analysis of steady isotope information from 7 hominin specimens going back 3.5 million years from Sterkfontein in South Africa….
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