Two million-year-old hominin with human-like thumb knuckles is the earliest ancient human ancestor to use its hands to grasp objects as well as climb trees, study shows Australopithecus sediba is a distant relative that lived two million years ago Study claims its fingers were suited to climbing and grabbing branches But its thumb was well-suited … Read more
Human ancestors who lived over three million years ago had an ape-like brain structure but human-like brain growth that showed prolonged periods of care. The findings are based on analysis of eight fossil skulls of Australopithecus afarensis – the species to which the famous early human ancestor ‘Lucy’ belongs. A. afarensis inhabited East Africa more … Read more
A worm-like creature that lived more than half a billion years ago has been discovered which is the ancestor for almost all living creatures. The creature, called Ikaria wariootia, lived around 555 million years ago and was found in Australia. It is the earliest known bilaterian, a creature with both a front and back, two symmetrical sides … Read more