For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins, marking a milestone in the field of paleoanthropology. The study ...

The wear of the teeth suggests that A. africanus ate fruits and foliage. Believed to be roughly the same size as A. afarensis, A. robustus had a large, "robust" (heavier, thicker) skull ...

A mandible of Kenyapithecus africanus, with many of the teeth preserved, has been found at Kathwanga, Rusinga Island, Kenya. Previously the lower dentition of this species was unknown—except by ...