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Ten fossils that trace the story of human origins

In this photo, a researcher holds a replica of the skull as he makes the case that an eagle killed the Taung child. Turkana boy, a nearly complete 1.6 million-year-old fossil of what some scientists call Homo ergaster, an early African population of Homo ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27225171/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/ten-fossi...

Eight great American discoveries in science

The draft sequences of the human genome, published in 2001 by the publicly funded Human Genome Project and Craig Venter's privately funded Celera Genomics, are often hailed as one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 21st century. Perhaps so ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38158710/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/eight-gre...

Two million-year-old creature had mix of ape, human traits

Discovered in cave near Johannesburg in 2008, the fossils of a species named "Australopithecus sediba" have given researchers clues about the evolution of man and which traits in our ancestors fell by the wayside. Standing about 1.3 meters (4 ft ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51519690/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/two-million-year-old-...

Humanity's Closest Ancestor Was Pigeon-Toed, Research Reveals

Chimpanzees don't have that." However, the less well-preserved lower rib cage fossils were more humanlike. This might have helped accommodate its strange form of walking just as its odd lower back did. "Everywhere we look in these skeletons, from the jaws ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51506626/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/humanitys...

New bone fossils help bring 'Hobbit humans' to life

The Hobbit's wrist looked like that of early human relatives, such as Australopithecus, but the key ancestral candidate now is Homo erectus, "Upright Man." It is possible that a population of H. erectus became stranded on the Indonesian island and dwarfed ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50434876/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/new-bone-...

What We Learned About Humanity in 2012

The controversial extinct human lineage known as "hobbits" gained a face this year, one of many projects that shed light in 2012 on the history of modern humans and their relatives. Other discoveries include the earliest known controlled use of fire and ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50304281/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/what-we-l...

The year's ancient mysteries (and missteps) put into perspective

Long-ago lore still has the power to ignite modern-day controversies: Witness the tempests that were stirred up this year over the Maya calendar, the purported "Gospel of Jesus' Wife," a bone box linked to early Christians, a disputed dinosaur skeleton and ...http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/27/16173366-the-years-ancient-mysteri...

Human hands evolved for fighting

Humanity's ancient ancestors swung from the trees, which meant they needed long fingers for grasping branches. But once Australopithecus afarensis like the famous "Lucy" began walking on two legs between 3.8 million and 2.9 million years ago, their hands ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50253098/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/human-han...

Human Hands Evolved for Fighting, Study Suggests

Humanity's ancient ancestors swung from the trees, which meant they needed long fingers for grasping branches. But once Australopithecus afarensis like the famous "Lucy" began walking on two legs between 3.8 million and 2.9 million years ago, their hands ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50252812/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/human-han...

Some animals may develop taste for human blood

Earlier this year, remains of an enormous horned crocodile, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, were found next to Australopithecus, a now-extinct human relative. Researchers suspect that the croc regularly dined on humans. Moving to modern times, Burgess reminds ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49734403/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/some-anim...

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Oldest known baby fossil found - Technology & science - Science ...

Updated May. 17, 2013

The fossilized skull of a 3-year-old female from the species Australopithecus afarensis exhibits some characteristics of apes as well as humans. By Malcolm Ritter.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/14922303/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/baby-foss...

Brain parts found in ancient human ancestor - Technology & science ...

Updated 7 hours ago

... Australopithecus sediba, right after his death. While gazing at the hominid's skull as it was being studied with a powerful electromagnetic radiation X-ray ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/36421160/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/brain-par...

Walking upright: Foot bone fossils hold clues - Technology ...

Updated May. 17, 2013

Still, unlike in Australopithecus and humans, the foot lacked an arch, an energy-absorbing feature of feet that helps protect bones. Science news from NBCNews.comhttp://www.nbcnews.com/id/46882487/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/walking-u...

Lucy's 'great-grandfather' found - Cosmic Log

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Over the past 35 years, other specimens of Australopithecus afarensis have been found that suggested a body size larger than Lucy, and even larger than Kadanuumuu.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2010/06/21/4539675-lucys-great-grandfather-fo...

Lessons from Lucy - Cosmic Log

Updated May. 14, 2013

... it might even go into Australopithecus. I think that while we have the broad outlines, the areas that bug us the most have to do with the common ancestor.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2009/02/10/4351629-lessons-from-lucy?lite

Humanity's closest ancestor was pigeon-toed, research reveals ...

Updated May. 17, 2013

Australopithecus means "southern ape," while sediba means "fountain" in Sotho, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, due to how scientists hint the human ...http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708014-humanitys-closest-ancestor-...

Fossil discovery fills gap in human evolution - Technology ...

Updated May. 17, 2013

The connections between Ardipithecus and Australopithecus have been theorized since an anamensis fossil was first found in Kenya 11 years ago.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12286206/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/fossil-di...

Pre-human fossils seen as evolution 'game-changer' - Technology ...

Updated May. 17, 2013

This image shows the skeletal right hand of the adult female Australopithecus sediba nestled within a modern human hand. The fossil hand, lacks three wrist bones and ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44438221/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/pre-human...

Human ancestor 'family' claims doubted - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 11, 2013

One Australopithecus walked next to another, while a third, smaller individual trailed behind, stepping in the tracks of one of the larger individuals.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45210980/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/human-anc...

Toothy tree-swinger may be earliest human - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 16, 2013

Curnoe instead proposes that Australopithecus garhi, found in Ethiopia and dating to about 2.5 million years ago, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/36177857/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/tree-swin...