Fifty years ago, scientists found a nearly completely fossilized skull and hundreds of bone pieces belonging to a 3.2-million ...

As the oldest and most complete hominin skeleton at the time of her discovery, Lucy became the poster child for Australopithecus afarensis and the unofficial mother of all humans. But her legacy is ...

Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw with teeth, as well as parts of the arm, leg, pelvis, spine and ribs—47 ...

One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ...

The braincase was larger than A. afarensis, with a more rounded skull. They possessed smaller molars and larger canines, indicating a varied diet of tough vegetation and softer foods. They are one ...

The new date overturns the long-held concept that South African Australopithecus is a younger offshoot of East African Australopithecus afarensis.

The giant fossil skull of an extinct elephant, discovered in northern India's Kashmir Valley in 2000, sheds light on a poorly known episode in elephant evolutionary history. The elephant skull was ...

afarensis was bipedal and moved more like a ... In 1924, quarry workers near Taung brought an unusual skull to anatomist ...

including celebrity fossil Lucy (the most famous example of Australopithecus afarensis, which lived around three million years ago). When miners unearthed that first skull from Jebel Irhoud in ...

Each of these ancient fossils, even if just a small part of a skeleton, represents an identifiable character in the story of humankind.

As owners of Forty Three Skulls in Appleton, an oddities shop, they live among items that would frighten many of us. But to them and the thousands who follow them on social media, those items are ...

The Skull Squad has returned to Fortnite! Sort of. Two of the skins from the iconic Chapter 1 skin set have made a comeback for this year's Fortnitemares event. While a few of the more iconic ...