At a glance, alligators and crocodiles look nearly identical. Both are massive reptiles with armored skin, powerful jaws and ...

Scientists discover half-tonne, 15ft giant crocodile that hunted our ancestor ‘Lucy’ - Extinct crocodile species had peculiar ...

Learn how the newly identified crocodile Crocodylus lucivenator lived alongside Lucy’s species in ancient Ethiopia — and why ...

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa ...

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More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Studying crocodiles in some of the world's ...