Australopithecus afarensis lived from 3.8 million years ago ... walk and run on two legs without falling over – even when balanced on one foot in mid-stride. In the 50 years since Lucy’s ...

To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved ... then on the outside of the foot, and finally on the ball and big toe for the push-off to the next step.

Can they run fast enough, and far enough? Our team's research modeled the anatomy of these early humans, Australopithecus afarensis, to find out how well they could run. Australopithecus afarensis ...

Scans of eight fossilized adult and infant Australopithecus afarensis skulls reveal a prolonged period of brain growth during development that may have set the stage for extended childhood learning in ...

Dart quickly realized the significance of the finding, and by February 1925 had published an article in Nature identifying a new species: Australopithecus africanus. The 2.5-million-year-old “Taung ...

Johanson and White announced at a 1978 symposium in Stockholm that Lucy, the people of Laetoli, the First Family, and other finds all belonged to a single species: Australopithecus afarensis ...