Dated to 3.2 million years ago, Lucy was the oldest and most complete human ancestor ever found at the time of her discovery. Two features set humans apart from all other primates: big brains and ...

By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.

New research uses 3D modeling to reconstruct Lucy's running style, revealing surprising insights into the evolution of human ...

Fossilised remains of 'Lucy', considered ancestor of the human species, was found 50 years ago Around 3.2 million years ago, in what is now present-day Ethiopia, a tiny human made it to the fossil ...

Lucy shot to superstardom after her discovery in Ethiopia in 1974. The members of the archaeological expedition who found her named her after the Beatles song "Lucy in the sky with diamonds".

Lucy was the oldest and most complete skeleton of the human ancestor Australopithecus, when she was discovered half a century ago. The researchers who discovered Lucy were American, and at the ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the remarkable remains continue to yield theories and questions. In a non ...

For Sahleselasie Melaku, the 31-year-old head of the palaeontology department, Lucy's discovery represented an emergence from a "dark age" in our understanding of human ancestors. "The impact of ...