To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans, as well as to the anatomy of "knuckle-walking" primates like ...

A study by Dr. Matthew S. Taylor, published in the Journal of Osteoarchaeology, reports on the reanalysis of modified human ...

Before attempting to put flesh on the bone, it helps to understand ... this creature likely had a face more like a gorilla's than like a human's today. Taking their cues from the fossils ...