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This pre-human ate like a chimp - Cosmic Log

Updated June. 17, 2013

Australopithecus sediba was discovered in 2008, and has come to be seen as a transitional species between the relatively small, ape-like pre-humans known as ...http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/27/12430341-this-pre-human-ate-like-a...

Humans left the trees 4.2 million years ago - Technology & science ...

Updated June. 14, 2013

The analyzed Australopithecus afarensis bones conversely showed stress loads comparable to those of more terrestrial species, including modern humans.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41319336/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/humans-le...

How big babies shaped society - Cosmic Log

Updated 18 hours ago

DeSilva speculated that Australopithecus babies would have been unable to walk on their own for their first 6 to 7 months.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/01/03/5759666-how-big-babies-shaped-soci...

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

Updated June. 4, 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/12287857/

Cosmic Log - human-origins

Updated June. 11, 2013

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/human-origins

Famed fossil ‘Lucy’ meets the press - Technology & science ...

Updated 21 hours ago

Visitors look at the 3.2 million-year-old fossilized remains of "Lucy," the most complete example of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis, at the Houston Museum of ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20481129/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/famed-fos...

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

Updated June. 2, 2013

Australopithecus means "southern ape," while sediba means "fountain" in Sotho, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51506626/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/humanitys...

Prehistoric 'nutcracker man' built for foraging - Technology ...

Updated June. 10, 2013

The finding may put Australopithecus africanus in a shell-chomping category with another human ancestor, Paranthropus boisei, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28995378/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/prehistor...

Was there a fork in our family tree? - Cosmic Log

Updated 19 hours ago

Anthropologist Lee Berger holds the cranium of Australopithecus sediba. "For the very first time, we've found the roots of Homo in south Africa, ...http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/09/08/7675326-was-there-a-fork-in-our-fa...

Scientists say cavemen stayed put - Cosmic Log

Updated June. 16, 2013

Eight of the teeth came from the Sterkfontein Cave and were traced to a species known as Australopithecus africanus, dating back about 2.2 million years.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/06/01/6763124-scientists-say-cavemen-sta...