#australopithecus — Public Fediverse posts
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@heiseonline @mho Herrje, jetzt habe ich gescrollt und gescrollt in der Hoffnung, Ihr habt den Gag erklärt.
Jaja, #Lucy, #Australopithecus und so.
Aber wer hat die Knochen von Lucy damals ausgebuddelt und Lucy Lucy genannt? Hättet Ihr das nicht auch noch dazuschreiben können?
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#Lucy is one of the most famous fossils in #paleoanthropology. Discovered in 1974 in #Ethiopia, she is a partial skeleton of an early #hominin species, #Australopithecus afarensis, dating back around 3.2 million years. Her anatomy reveals a mix of ape-and human-like traits, providing crucial insights into the evolutionary path that led to modern #humans. I was lucky enough to see her replica at the #SenckenbergMuseum in #Frankfurt:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-05-17_lucy
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@tksst It's about a very interesting scientific #study about the #reconstruction of the #face of an #Australopithecus #fossil from South Africa, in scientific literature sometimes referred as A. #prometheus, the trivial name is "#littlefoot" (#StW573). The damaged, but preserved #skull was studied via #synchrotronXray imaging in order to carefully reconstruct bone fractions digitally. Study by A. BEAUDET et al. (2026).
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🦴💻 For years, the skull of the famous "Little Foot" #skeleton remained distorted and crushed by time. Now, using advanced X-ray imaging, researchers digitally reassembled the fragments to show what this #Australopithecus individual looked like.
Lead researcher Dr. Amélie Beaudet says the results are challenging what we know about how our ancestors moved across the African landscape.
#humans #evolution #archaeology #paleontology #science #news #history #STEM #smithsonian #AncientHistory
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Australopithecus „Little Foot“ bekommt ein Gesicht. Ältestes Vormenschenfossil Südafrikas ist seinen ostafrikanischen Vettern überraschend ähnlich. #Australopithecus #Vormensch #LittleFoot
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Scientists just digitally reconstructed the face of Little Foot, a 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus from South Africa. The result looks more like East African fossils than local ones. Migration? Ancestral pattern? Still open. #Paleoanthropology #Australopithecus #HumanEvolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/little-foots-face-reconstructed-at
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New fossil evidence suggests that “Lucy” may not have been our direct human ancestor after all
For decades, the 3.2-million-year-old fossil called “Lucy” has been a centerpiece in stories about human origins. A member of the species Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy was long presented as the most plausible direct ancestor of later humans...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/lucy-may-not-have-been-our-direct-human-ancestor/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Australopithecus #HumanEvolution #anthropology
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Little Foot, the most complete australopith skeleton ever found, may belong to neither Australopithecus africanus nor A. prometheus. New research suggests a distinct species and a more tangled human family tree. #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology #Fossils #Australopithecus https://www.anthropology.net/p/little-foot-and-the-problem-of-naming
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Ancient foot fossil finally identified as an enigmatic hominin species that lived alongside Lucy in Ethiopia
Scientists have solved a mystery concerning an unusual 3.4 million-year-old foot fossil from Ethiopia: it indeed comes from Australopithecus deyiremeda, a close but distinct relative of Lucy and her species, Australopithecus afarensis...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/hominin-species-lived-alongside-lucy-in-ethiopia/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Australopithecus #humanevolution #anthropology
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Vormenschen-Funde bringen Menschenstammbaum durcheinander. 3,4 Millionen Jahre alter Australopithecus deyiremeda löst ein Rätsel, wirft aber Fragen auf. #Australopithecus #Vormensch #Burtele #Menschheitsgeschichte #Fossil #Evolution
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Fossil teeth in Ethiopia reveal new Australopithecus species that lived alongside early Homo ancestors
Researchers in northeastern Ethiopia have made a thrilling discovery of fossilized teeth that may belong to a new branch of humanity, shedding more light on a critical period in human evolution. The remains are between 2.8 and 2.6 million years old...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/australopithecus-species-lived-alongside-homo-ancestors/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #ledigeraru #Australopithecus #Anthropology
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Nachbarn oder Rivalen? In Äthiopien entdeckte Zahnfossilien zeugen von zwei noch unbekannten Menschenarten – und einer ungewöhnlichen Koexistenz. #Australopithecus #Fruehgeschichte #Fruehmensch #Vormensch #Archaeologie #LediGeraru #Fossilien
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/vor-und-fruehmenschen-lebten-in-koexistenz/ -
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7315
The earliest human ancestors weren't big meat eaters, according to new scientific research on their fossilized remains. #Australopithecus africanus—a bipedal primate that lived between 3.2 and 2 million years ago—were primarily vegetarians.
#prehistoire
#vegetarian
Les #australopitheque étaient plus #végétariens qu'on nous l'a raconté -
"Breaking new ground in our understanding of early #humanDiet and #evolution scientists have discovered that our ancient relatives may not have been the avid #meatEaters previously believed. Research reveals that #Australopithecus, one of humanity’s earliest ancestors who lived in South Africa between 3.7 and 3.3 million years ago, primarily maintained a #plantbasedDiet rather than regularly consuming #meat."
https://studyfinds.org/ancient-tooth-enamel-early-human-diet-meat/
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17-Jan-2025
Three million years ago, our ancestors were #vegetarian
Nitrogen isotopes in tooth enamel show no evidence of meat consumption in #Australopithecushttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070872 #science #humans #anthropology #HumanEvolution #evolution
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Australopithecus war noch kein Jäger. Vegetarischer Vormenschen-Speiseplan ähnelte vor drei Millionen Jahren noch dem von Affen. #Australopithecus #Vormenschen #Menschheitsgeschichte #Evolution
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/australopithecus-war-noch-vegetarier/ -
Vegetarisch statt Fleisch - der Speiseplan unserer Vorfahren
Es ist eine der großen Fragen der Menschheitsgeschichte: Seit wann essen unsere Vorfahren Fleisch? Mit einer neuen Zahnanalyse konnten der Speiseplan von menschlichen Vorfahren zum ersten Mal untersucht werden - mit einem klaren Ergebnis. Von P. Kiss.
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Original study:
K. T. Bates et al., Running performance in #Australopithecus afarensis, Current Biology, online December 18, 2024. 🔓
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01566-5
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Study reveals Lucy and early hominins may have used tools 3.2 million years ago
A recent study has challenged previous assumptions about early human tool use by examining the hand structure of ancient hominins, specifically the Australopithecus genus...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/11/early-hominins-may-have-used-tools/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #Australopithecus #lucy #anthropology
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50 years ago, evidence showed that an extinct human ancestor walked upright
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-ancestor-fossil-upright-walk-50-years-ago#Paleontology
#Paleoanthropology
#Prehistoric
#Ancestor
#Australopithecus
#SahelanthropusTchadensis
#HipJoint
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Darf man unersetzliche Fossilien in All schicken? Streit um Mitnahme von menschlichen Fossilien bei suborbitalem Virgin-Galactic-Flug. #Fossilien #VirginGalactic #Australopithecus #Homonaledi #Menschheitsgeschichte #Vormensch #Menschenknochen
https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/darf-man-unersetzliche-fossilien-in-all-schicken/ -
Ob zwei Millionen Jahre alte Proteinmoleküle helfen, den Stammbaum des Menschen zu erhellen, wissen Experten noch nicht. Doch derart altes Biomaterial zu gewinnen, sei ein Erfolg.#Paranthropus #Paranthropusrobustus #Vormensch #Australopithecus #Stammbaum #Stammbusch #Anthropologie #Paläoanthropologie #Protein #Peptid #Molekül #Amelogenin #X-Chromosom #Y-Chromosom #Massenspektrometir #Zahn #Zahnschmelz #Fossil #Südafrika #Swartkrans #Höhle #Eiweiß #ErdeUmwelt #Biologie
Zwei Millionen Jahre alte Proteinschnipsel eines Homininen entziffert -
Ob Proteinmoleküle aus uralten Fossilien helfen, den Stammbaum des Menschen zu erhellen, wissen Experten noch nicht. Doch derart altes Biomaterial zu gewinnen, sei ein Erfolg.#Paranthropus #Paranthropusrobustus #Vormensch #Australopithecus #Stammbaum #Stammbusch #Anthropologie #Paläoanthropologie #Protein #Peptid #Molekül #Amelogenin #X-Chromosom #Y-Chromosom #Massenspektrometir #Zahn #Zahnschmelz #Fossil #Südafrika #Swartkrans #Höhle #Eiweiß #ErdeUmwelt #Biologie
Zwei Millionen Jahre alte Proteinschnipsel eines Homininen entziffert -
https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/06/01/my-evolution-evolution/
Reminiscing about my shock when I had to fully accept the reality of human evolution. I've been evolving my whole life. As we all should.
#Religion, #Science, #australopithecus, #Baptist, #biology, #Budos Band, #Christianity, #CinematicOrchestra, #creationism, #Devo, #evolution, #fundamentalism, #paleoanthropology, #paleontology, #Simpsons -
Did this #Australopithecus ancestor die from falling out of a tree? It turns out that this question might be as much about how our ancestors lived as it is about how she died. with writing by Paige Madison
@fossilhistoryDid our most famous fossil ancestor, Lucy, die by falling out of a tall tree? The answer is part of a decades-long debate over how, exactly, our ancestors transitioned from life in the trees to life on the ground.
http://youtu.be/vqTlMsWV-QM
