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TAG: Australopithecus afarensis

  • Artifacts November/December 2019

    Australopithecus anamensis Cranium

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    (Dale Omori/Cleveland Museum of Natural History)

  • Around the World September/October 2018

    ETHIOPIA

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    (Jeremy DeSilva)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2016

    Proof in the Prints

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  • Top 10 Discoveries of 2015 January/February 2016

    A New Human Relative

    Johannesburg, South Africa

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    (Courtesy John Hawks/Wits University)

  • Digs & Discoveries July/August 2015

    The First Toolkit

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    (MPK/WTAP)

  • Features January 1, 2011

    "Kadanuumuu" - Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia

    For the last 35 years, the short-legged “Lucy” skeleton has led some scientists to argue that Australopithecus afarensis didn’t stand fully upright or walk like modern humans, and instead got around by “knuckle-walking” like apes. Now, the discovery of a 3.6-million-year-old beanpole on the Ethiopian plains—christened “Kadanuumuu,” or “Big Man” in the Afar language—puts that tired debate to rest. The new fossil demonstrates these early human ancestors were fully bipedal.

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