Photo caption: Little Foot was discovered in the 1990s in a cave in South Africa and is the most intact ancient skeleton of any human ancestor. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

Modern human anatomy has built on the strengths ... toppling to one side when all our weight is on one foot in mid-stride. Chimps have thigh bones that do not slope inward to the knee like ours ...

ape-faced human ancestor walked steadily on two feet. To get a picture of how Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, moved, scientists compare fossils to the bones of modern humans ...

But with humans, it’s all going on under the skin. The human skeleton is made up of more than 200 bones that give protection and support and allow the body to move. The skeleton gives the body ...

The bones that make up Ardi's feet suggest that humans and chimpanzees evolved separately. Lucy is also a female human-like fossilised skeleton, and dates from 3.2 million years ago. Lucy's bones ...

From 1975: A human skeleton was discovered by grave diggers at Greenwood Cemetery – but the bones were found only 2.5 feet deep, in an area not previously used for graves at the cemetery.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The remains, which have been dated to 31,000 years old, mark the oldest evidence of ...