尽管到20世纪20年代，进化论已在科学界得到普遍接受，但科学种族主义在很大程度上阻碍了达尔文关于人类起源于非洲的理论普及。“当时的普遍看法是，非洲有点落后，”《国家地理》探险家基内洛·莫洛帕扬(Keneiloe ...

Haast’s eagle, the largest eagle ever known, once ruled New Zealand's skies, preying on giant moa. This formidable predator, ...

Australopithecus africanus lived approximately 3.3 to 2 million years ago, primarily discovered in South Africa. Also bipedal and adapted for both walking upright and climbing, the hominins had ...

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

Ever since the discovery of Australopithecus africanus and the recovery of associated fauna indicative of open habitats, it has been posited that the origin of bipedality in our lineage had its ...

She’s part of a group of six international tourists on a paleo safari. Odyssey of discovery The group are guests of Ancient Odysseys, a US-based travel company that offers people the chance to get in ...

For years scientists believed the Australopithecus africanus species, whose fossils were discovered in the Sterkfontein caves near Johannesburg, had been less than 2.6 million years old.

The Taung Skull Fossil Site, part of the extension to the site inscribed in 1999, is the place where in 1924 the celebrated Taung Skull – a specimen of the species Australopithecus africanus – was ...

She was assigned to a new species, Australopithecus afarensis, and given the reference number A.L.288-1, which stands for “Afar locality 288,” the spot where she, the first hominin fossil ...

But recent research using CT scanning suggests that Lucy's close cousin, Australopithecus africanus, may have possessed the required anatomy and grip to wield stone tools more than three million years ...

The wear of the teeth suggests that A. africanus ate fruits and foliage. Believed to be roughly the same size as A. afarensis, A. robustus had a large, "robust" (heavier, thicker) skull ...