Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

The lore of Lucy’s discovery. On November 24, 1974, Johanson was searching for fossils of ancient human relatives or hominins in an area called Hadar in the Afar region of Ethiopia, when he ...

Lucy, formally known as A.L. 288-1, was about as tall as a kindergartner, with a body that blended features of apes and humans. ... Many ancient human ancestors are known from fragments.

For instance, Lucy's kind coexisted alongside another ancient relative, A. anamensis. RELATED STORIES — Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto ...

Lucy's Legacy: 50 Years On, The Fossil That Changed Our Understanding Of Human Evolution Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we ...

Humans How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans. It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found.

Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis – a small hominin that lived more than three ...

Three million years of human evolution began with this face. Scientists put a face to a name in an epic way after digitally recreating the visage of Lucy, humanity’s most famous primate ancestor.

Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis 1 — a small hominin that lived more than ...