LUCY, the famous Australopithecus afarensis fossil, was found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974. Her 40 per cent-complete skeleton, dating back a whopping 3.2 million years, have provided breakthrough ...
Lucy is part of the genus Australopithecus - a group of small ... Although Lucy was bipedal, current research suggests A. afarensis may have also spent time in trees as well as on ground.