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Scientists discover half-tonne, 15ft giant crocodile that hunted our ancestor ‘Lucy’ - Extinct crocodile species had peculiar, large hump in the middle of its snout ...

The new research could raise about the status of the famous Australopithecus afarensis skeleton 'Lucy' The newly discovered appendage clearly does not belong to Lucy's species because it has an ...

(CNN) — Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now ...

A strange fossilized foot unearthed in Ethiopia over a decade ago may finally have an identity, according to scientists. A new study argues that the 3.4 million-year-old “Burtele foot,” discovered in ...

(CNN) — Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now ...

The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, went on display in Prague on Monday, with the Czech prime minister hailing the fossils' "first ever" ...

For a half century, the iconic "Lucy" fossil species, Australopithecus afarensis, has held the title of being the most likely direct ancestor of all humans. But as the list of ancient human relatives ...

FILE - The framed hominid fossil "Lucy" is seen at a exhibition at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Les Neuhaus, file) ...