D models of Australopithecus afarensis suggest the muscular adaptations that made modern humans better runners.

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

Lucy's species walked upright but lacked modern running abilities, revealing key evolutionary adaptations in humans.

A new exhibit on display at ASU peels back the curtain on humanity from more than three million years ago. The university is ...

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

known to the world as “Lucy.” Anthropologists also refer to the skeleton as AL 288-1. It’s the first known partial skeleton representing one of our early relatives, Australopithecus afarensis.

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

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. But it turns out her ...

afarensis fossil (AL 288-1), nicknamed "Lucy." Our ancestor "Lucy," a young adult Australopithecus afarensis, became world-famous half a century ago after Donald Johanson and colleagues discovered ...

Numerous fossil bone fragments are found by the researchers, representing about 40% of the skeleton of the first female specimen of Australopithecus ... nickname Lucy. The notes of the Beatles ...

A 2.5-million-year-old fossil of a hominin species called Australopithecus africanus had been discovered in South Africa. Lucy’s discovery on Nov. 24, 1974, by paleoanthropologist Donald ...

In an interesting and intriguing recent finding, research shows that Lucy's species - Australopithecus Afarensis, was not the only early human species roaming the Earth at the time ...