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

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

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.

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that our human ancestor, Lucy, was hairless, challenging previous assumptions.

Lucy and her fellow australopithecines may have created and ... In a study published in the November issue of the Journal of ...

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 ...

Knowledge of the human fossil record and the evolution of our lineage have exponentially increased, building on the foundation of Lucy's discovery.

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

Lucy’s anatomy provided evidence that this relatively small-brained species was bipedal, walking upright, suggesting that not only was she a human ancestor, but that our bipedalism preceded ...

Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones ...