Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...

Now, though, this new evidence suggests the fossils found in South Africa are from the same time as renowned fossils like Lucy, which was found in Ethiopia back in 1974. Many long considered East ...

A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago suggests they ate mainly or only plants.

We know some of these facts because of body fossils ... researchers have found in the West Coast National Park, about 120km outside Cape Town, it's clear that South Africa is home to some ...

Human ancestors like Australopithecus -- which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa -- ate very little to no meat, according to new research. This conclusion comes from an analysis of ...

New research shows Australopithecus, an early human ancestor, likely consumed little to no meat, challenging previous ...

Given our discoveries on the Cape south coast, as well as what other researchers have found ... fossil tracksites. Many of the sites are of hominin origin. Some are ancestral human trackways ...

Given our discoveries on the Cape south coast, as well as what other researchers have found ... fossil tracksites. Many of the sites are of hominin origin. Some are ancestral human trackways ...