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On July 20, 1969, the U.S. celebrated one of its greatest technological feats by landing astronauts on the moon. As Neil Armstrong famously said while planting the first human foot on another world, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38158710/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/eight-gre...
Three children are safe after a 36-hour standoff with an armed man in Trenton, New Jersey ended early Sunday, state law enforcement officials said. But the bodies of a woman, presumed to be home owner Carmelita Stevens, 44 -- the mother of the children ...http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18194545-three-dead-three-safe-after-...
Teeth and bones of the hand, foot, and thigh, shown here, are among the fossils of a 4.2 million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis specimen found in Ethiopia's Middle Awash region that has allowed scientists to link together their most complete chain of ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27225171/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/ten-fossi...
Standing about 1.3 meters (4 ft) tall, sediba had a narrow rib cage similar to apes ... At the same time, it is a very capable climber," said Lee Berger, project leader at the Wits Evolutionary Studies Institute in South Africa. The researchers plan ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51519690/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/two-million-year-old-...
For instance, the human ancestors may have moved in an entirely new way, with a somewhat pigeon-toed gait with a twisty trunk, the researchers added. "These skeletons are just interesting, wonderful blends of characteristics," researcher Steven Churchill ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51506626/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/humanitys...
New bones attributed to Homo floresiensis — aka the "Hobbit human" — along with other recent findings, are helping to reveal what members of this species looked like, how they behaved and their origins. The latest findings, described in a Journal of ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50434876/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/new-bone-...
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...
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...
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...
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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Updated May. 22, 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...
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... 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...
Updated May. 23, 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...
Updated May. 23, 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
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designated Australopithecus sediba. The skull was found in a South African cave. Well-preserved fossils found in a South African cave pit mark an important transition ...http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2010/04/08/4349734-fossils-shake-up-our-famil...
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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-...
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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...
Updated May. 22, 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...
Updated May. 20, 2013
Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis named after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," is perhaps the world's most famous fossil.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49556640/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/pre-human...
Updated May. 22, 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...
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