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.

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 ...

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

answered a longstanding question about human evolution, which was, "Which of the two of our most salient features, upright walking or large brains, came first?" And Lucy showed without a doubt ...

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

The following year Johanson's team discovered another fossil that is still a landmark in the story of human origins. "Lucy" -- named for the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," which was ...

afarensis as "the ape that walked upright" makes it a celebrity species in the story of human evolution. Lucy's pelvis hints that she walked upright on two legs. When her crushed remains were ...