Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than ...

With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

Although a recently discovered species overlapped with the famous Lucy, and appears less evolved in many ways, it also shows ...

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A jumble of bones and teeth confirms two species of human ancestor lived side by side over 3.3 million years ago in ...

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For decades people have spent thousands of pounds bleaching, drilling and filing their teeth down to achieve a perfectly pearly 'Hollywood smile'. But the It-Girls for today are being praised for ...