More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

Scientists Discover Remains of a Baby With a Nearly Complete Skull, It's 150,000 Years Older Than the Lucy Specimen ...

the 3.2-million-year-old hominin popularly known as “Lucy” remains a critical touchstone in humanity’s understanding of its origins. American anthropologist Donald Johanson first noticed what appeared ...

That was 50 years ago. The discovery of Lucy, or “Dinknesh” as the remains are locally known, changed not just Johanson’s career but it also shed new light on how humans evolved and changed ...

Kenya's Homa peninsula is home to various artefacts representative of early humanity - including the famous remains of Lucy - a half-ape-half-human. In November 1974, the skeleton of a small ...

It has now been 50 years since Lucy’s skeleton was found on that Ethiopian slope, and over the decades she has become an iconic figure in the story of human evolution. "Lucy" may not sound like ...

What was the crucial change that set us on the path to becoming human? Our big brains, with their capacity for language and making complex tools, set us apart from other animals. Our ability to ...

What was the crucial change that set us on the path to becoming human? Our big brains, with their capacity for language and making complex tools, set us apart from other animals. Our ability to ...