Ancient proteins reveal male Australopithecus africanus, oldest hominin found in Sterkfontein Caves

For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins ...
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For the First Time, Scientists Reveal the Sex of a 3.5-Million-Year-Old Human Relative Using Ancient Proteins

For the first time, scientists have successfully used ancient proteins to determine the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old hominin, marking a major breakthrough in paleoanthropology. The discovery was made ...
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Is This Great Ape an Ancestor of Mankind?

Natural history is a difficult thing to conceptualize. You’ve got eons of undocumented progress, like the evolution of many species. Take, for example, the Australopithecus, an ancient great ape ...
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Australopithecus africanus

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