An evolutionary chart of different human ancestors. “Seeing Lucy’s face is like glimpsing a bridge to the distant past, offering a visual connection to human evolution,” said Moraes.

About 3.2 million years ago, our ancestor "Lucy" roamed what is now Ethiopia. The discovery of her fossil skeleton 50 years ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor who walked upright on two legs—a milestone in human evolution—had speed and energy efficiency limitations when it came to running.

Lucy is popularly depicted as being hairy, but new evidence suggests she wasn't. The discovery prompts new questions about the history of nudity. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

When Lucy, the world’s most well-known fossil, was discovered sticking out of a shallow Ethiopian stream bed in 1974, she provided new insight about life for early human ancestors 3.18 million ...

Lucy, our ever-popular human ancestor, may have preferred a tree-dwelling lifestyle, based on bone scans published Wednesday in PLOS ONE. The research adds clarity to early human behavior and ...

Lucy’s skeleton is one of the oldest, most complete fossils ever found of an adult human ancestor who walked upright. Previous studies suggest she stood less than 4 feet tall and weighed less ...

Human Ancestor 'Lucy' Was Good at Walking, Climbing Trees. Published Nov 30, 2016 at 7:22 PM EST Updated Dec 05, 2016 at 8:16 PM EST.

On Monday, a team of Northeast Ohio researchers announced a rare and important find – the partial skeleton of a 3.6 million-year-old early human ancestor belonging to the same species as, but ...

T o understand why Lucy had such a massive impact on paleoanthropology, we have to look at the state of the science at the time of her discovery. Back in the early 1970s, the oldest hominin ...

About 3.2 million years ago, our ancestor "Lucy" roamed what is now Ethiopia. The discovery of her fossil skeleton 50 years ago transformed our understanding of human evolution.

When Lucy, the world’s most well-known fossil, was discovered sticking out of a shallow Ethiopian stream bed in 1974, she provided new insight about life for early human ancestors 3.18 million ...