The skull fossilized within the sandstone, to the delight of the scientists who discovered the cranium in 2016. A facial reconstruction of a 3.8-million-year-old Australopithecus skull.

Australopithecus afarensis had an ape's brain—with surprisingly human characteristics.

This species is considered the direct ancestor of Australopithecus afarensis, the species best known from the famous partial skeleton nicknamed Lucy unearthed in 1974 about 35 miles (56 km) from ...

This large male skull was found at the same locality as the famous Lucy skeleton. It is much bigger than the skull of Lucy and other females of this species, indicating there were differences in body ...

Declared to be a new species, Australopithecus afarensis, her skull suggests a transition from ape to human. Lucy also had ankle and foot features important to upright walking.

Three-million-year old brain imprints in fossil skulls of the species Australopithecus afarensis (famous for 'Lucy' and 'Selam' from Ethiopia) shed new light on the evolution of brain growth and ...

Lucy, our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor of the species Australopithecus afarensis, may not have won gold in the Olympics – but new evidence suggests she was able to run upright. According to ...

They compared the features of the MRD skull to a 3.9-million-year-old skull fragment that had not been assigned to a species, known as the Belohdelie frontal.

A 3.8 million year old skull from Africa is giving researchers a peek into humanity's evolutionary history, a new study suggests.

This skull is the first to “give us a glimpse of what the face of Australopithecus anamensis looks like,” Haile-Selassie said. It had a jutting jaw and lower features.

They compared the features of the MRD skull to a 3.9-million-year-old skull fragment that had not been assigned to a species, known as the Belohdelie frontal.