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Digital scans turn ‘Lucy’ inside out - Technology & science ...

Updated 11 hours ago

Lucy, found in Ethiopia in 1974, is the best-preserved example of Australopithecus, a genus of hominids. "It opens it up to people who, ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29058647/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/digital-s...

When did our ancestors first stand up? - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 23, 2013

Richmond reports that the bone resembles thigh bones from early human ancestors known as Australopithecus and Paranthropus which lived 2 million to 3 million years ...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23728658/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/when-did-...

New bone fossils help bring 'Hobbit humans' to life - Science

Updated May. 24, 2013

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."http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/11/16466928-new-bone-fossils-help-bring...

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...

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

Updated 8 hours ago

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...

Can fingers point to sex habits? - Cosmic Log

Updated 5 hours ago

... to Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy's species, going back 3.1 million years) and Ardipithecus ramidus (the oldest human-linked fossil species, ...http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2010/11/02/5397036-can-fingers-point-to-sex-h...

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

Updated May. 21, 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...

Puzzling over pre-humans - Cosmic Log

Updated May. 22, 2013

Lucy and the rest of her species (named Australopithecus afarensis, Latin for "southern ape of Afar") were not human, in everyday terms or technical terms.http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2008/10/06/4350245-puzzling-over-pre-humans?l...

'Lucy' exhibit worries some scientists - Technology & science ...

Updated May. 20, 2013

Thanks to Lucy, who is classified as Australopithecus afarensis, scientists were first able to establish that human ancestors walked upright before evolving a big brain.http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20429225/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/lucy-exhi...