16-08-30 Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree, according to a study appearing in Nature led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Lucy, a 3.18-million-year-old specimen of Australopithecus a...

15-09-09 As early humans increasingly left forests and utilized tools, they took an evolutionary step away from apes. But what this last common ancestor with apes looked like has remained unclear. A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco shows that...

15-05-28 Cleveland . . . A new relative joins Lucy on the human family tree. An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, has discovered a 3.3 to 3.5 million-year-old new human ancestor s...

10-10-17 Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are 10th cousins through a common ancestor, John Smith, a 17th century pastor, according to genealogists. 一位族谱专家日前表示，贝拉克奥巴马和莎拉佩林是第10代表亲，他们的共同祖辈为17世纪的牧师约翰史密斯。 Barrack Obama a...