Early human ancestor 'Lucy' was a bad runner, and this one tendon could explain why. Story by Kristina Killgrove • 3mo "Lucy," our 3.2 million-year-old hominin relative, couldn't run very fast, ...

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

When the remains of an early human ancestor were found in ... Lucy’s leg muscles were much larger and took up more space than those of modern humans. “Lucy lived 3.2 million years ago on the ...

Our early human ancestor was capable of running, if slowly, a new study finds. By Franz Lidz More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still ...

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 ...

Early human reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old Lucy could stand as erect as we can Lucy, the archaeologist behind the reconstruction said, ‘likely walked and moved in a way that we do not ...

What ‘Lucy,’ One of the World’s Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her Discovery The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about ...

Additionally, in spite of this lower top speed, Lucy used up between 1.7 and 2.9 times more energy than modern humans do to run that fast, suggesting she would have required significantly more ...

(CNN) — When the remains of an early human ancestor were found in Ethiopia in 1974, the discovery provided an unprecedented look at a species that lived millions of years before humans walked ...