WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipedal locomotion - walking upright on two legs - is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's success. Scientists now have identified two innovations that occurred long ago ...

When and how was walking invented? This is an important question because many anthropologists see bipedalism — which means walking on two legs — as one of the defining characteristics of “hominins,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has shed light on the running abilities of Australopithecus afarensis, our 3.2-million-year-old ancestor famously ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fifty years ago, a remarkable fossil was unearthed in the Afar Rift ...

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the oldest human ancestor. A new analysis by a team of anthropologists offers ...

A Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early human ancestor—or hominin—for the first time, revealing a capability to stand as erect as we do today.

"Lucy" remains one of the most famous prehistoric traces of humanity, and while previous technologies couldn't showcase how Lucy walked, new modeling could do just that. With the help of 3D ...

Prague’s newest visitor is 3.2 million years old. Lucy, the famed Australopithecus afarensis fossil, has arrived in the Czech capital alongside Selam, a young child of the same species, for a ...