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Neanderthal-human sex rarely produced kids - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 11, 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/44491039/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/neanderth...

Hands evolved for fighting, study suggests - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 18, 2013

But once Australopithecus afarensis like the famous "Lucy" began walking on two legs between 3.8 million and 2.9 million years ago, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50253098/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/human-han...

Early humans hailed from Asia, too - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 14, 2013

The teeth studied were from the genera Homo and the earlier Australopithecus.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20149502/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/early-hum...

Footprints Show How Our Ancestors Walked - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 11, 2013

... likely a species called Australopithecus afarensis (of the "Lucy" fossil fame), walked in an even less ape-ish way than some humans do today. ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43827760/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/footprint...

Queen of Sheba's gift? Genetic mixing trail - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 17, 2013

... Ethiopia is the site of early hominin discoveries such as "Lucy," a fossilized Australopithecus afarensis and an early human ancestor. Ethiopia is also a ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47907675/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/queen-she...

Largest known croc likely fed on early man - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 16, 2013

... so there is little doubt that it preyed upon our distant ancestors, especially since remains of Australopithecus (a now-extinct genus of hominids) ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47462726/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/largest-k...

'Copying' error may have built up our brains - Technology ...

Updated May. 16, 2013

Interestingly, the incomplete copy of the gene seems to have showed up just as the extinct hominin Australopithecus made room for the genus Homo, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47300424/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/copying-e...

Top ancient mysteries of 2011 - Cosmic Log

Updated May. 18, 2013

The skeletal hand of an adult female Australopithecus sediba is nestled within a modern human hand.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/12/16/9478098-top-ancient-mysteries-of-2...

Slowpoke! Early humans lacked spring in their step - Technology ...

Updated May. 17, 2013

A sequence of steps that may have been taken by our famous hominid relative, "Lucy," known formally as Australopithecus afarensis. Without an Achilles tendon, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20746297/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/slowpoke-...