Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

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

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 ...

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

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

But Lucy stood on two feet and had a small brain, not much larger than that of a chimpanzee. This was immediately clear when scientists reconstructed her skeleton in Cleveland, Ohio. A ...

Scientists have discovered a skeleton of the 3-year-old female from the ape-man species represented by Lucy. The skeleton has been nicknamed “Selam,” which means “peace” in several ...

Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution. The discovery by American paleontologist Don Johanson and graduate ...

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