Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Her species provided compelling evidence that upright walking evolved before large brains in human evolution.

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

Five regions in Ethiopia conducted- Polio vaccination with novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) vaccine to reach over 5.6 million ...

The pollen specialist was part of the expedition that unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis in northeastern Ethiopia in ...

Senegal’s former leader Macky Sall is seeking a controversial comeback in Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections. Could he be ...

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NEWS ANALYSIS. Fifty years after this fossil's discovery, its place in the history of humankind is still debated, while, in ...

As the oldest and most complete hominin skeleton at the time of her discovery, Lucy became the poster child for Australopithecus afarensis and the unofficial mother of all humans. But her legacy is ...

Since 1992, Dr. Simpson has been conducting paleontological field research in the Afar region of Ethiopia and he is currently the director of the Galili Paleobiology Project. Published research ...

Landlocked in the Horn of Africa and combining breathtaking natural beauty with jaw-dropping historical sights, Ethiopia is ...