UNBELIEVABLE three-million-year-old razor-sharp vegetable peelers used by the world’s oldest humans have been discovered. The ...

Researchers have discovered that healthy skin — once thought to be a passive barrier — can actually produce antibodies that fight off infections. It’s hoped that the finding could one day lead to the ...

The University of Liverpool has led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the running capabilities of ...

The University of Liverpool has led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the running capabilities of Australopithecus afarensis, the early human ancestor famously represented by ...

Sung by Barenaked Ladies, 'The Big Bang Theory' theme song is an absolute banger but there's a factual inaccuracy you didn't know about ...

Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old ancestor of humans, had shorter legs and smaller calf muscles and Achilles tendons. She would ...

The discovery of Lucy, or “Dinknesh” as the remains are locally known, changed not just Johanson’s career but it also shed new light on how humans evolved and changed over time, according to Johanson, ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor who walked upright on two legs—a milestone in human evolution—had speed and energy efficiency ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

New research uses 3D modeling to reconstruct Lucy's running style, revealing surprising insights into the evolution of human ...

By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.

In a study published in Current Biology, researchers have revealed that Australopithecus afarensis, an ancient hominin species, exhibited a limited capacity for running. This small bipedal ancestor, ...