In his book Wonderful Life, Professor Stephen Jay Gould – an evolutionary biologist, paleontologist, and widely-read popular science author – described the evolution of life in the following way: Life ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

After 13 years of meticulous excavation of the nearly complete skeleton of the Australopithecus fossil named Little Foot, South African and French scientists have now convincingly shown that it is ...

Geochemist Tina Lüdecke stands next to "Little Foot", a remarkably well-preserved Australopithecus skeleton that was discovered in the Sterkfontein Caves and is considered to be the most complete ...

Amélie Beaudet received funding from the Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences, Claude Leon Foundation, French Institute in South Africa, Palaeontological Scientific Trust, South African National ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Researchers in South Africa have unveiled what they call “by far the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found.” The University of the ...

1. Introduction to KSD-VP-1/1 : the earliest adult partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis / Yohannes Haile-Selassie -- 2. The geologic context of Korsi Dora and the partial skeleton KSD-VP-1/1 ...

(CNN) — Fossils of early human ancestors from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old — making them a million years older than previously suspected and shaking up the way ...