About 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil ...

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.

Paleontologists unearthed the iconic fossil in 1974. Today, her legacy remains just as much cultural as it is scientific.

Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.

Stunning Discovery of ‘Lucy’ Fossil Revealed Humans Were Walking On Feet 3.2 Million Years Ago Experts find human evolution a ...

Unfortunately, there were very few fossils visible on the surface ... means the specimen was just a child, but Lucy’s teeth also show signs of age. Her jawbone has third molars – her wisdom ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

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

But about 40 percent of Lucy’s skeleton was recovered, an extraordinary amount for a fossil of this age, which gave the public a way to imagine a shared human ancestor. Lucy was identified as a ...