The technical name of the hominid speciesLucy belonged ... understanding of the species. Importantly, Lucy’s skeleton indicated that these early hominids were bipedal, walking upright on two ...

What was the crucial change that set us on the path to becoming human? Our big brains, with their capacity for language and making complex tools, set us apart from other animals. Our ability to ...

"Lucy's skeletal remains will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever," Fiala said. The exhibition will also feature ...

The fossilized skeleton of the 1.1-meter-tall (3.6 feet), 29-kilogram (64-pound) Lucy last left Ethiopia between 2007 and ...

"What we have found are arguably the most complete early hominid skeletons ever discovered. Each individual is far more complete than the famous Lucy fossil from Ethiopia."The hominids walked upright ...

The only known hominid fossils of that age in that location are those of Lucy and her kind, the small-brained but upright-walking hominids classified as Australopithecus afarensis. Some analysts ...

Erin Wayman is a science and human evolution blogger for Hominid Hunting ... some anthropologists say Home to Lucy, Ardi, the oldest stone tools, the first fossils of modern humans and many ...

Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson's biggest claim to scientific fame is his discovery 14 years ago of "Lucy," a three-million-year-old fossil hominid, our possible ancestor. Now, Johanson, the ...

The 3.18-million-year-old remains of Lucy, one of the oldest human ancestors, will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever.

The fossilised skeleton of the 1.1-metre-tall (3.6 feet), 29-kilogramme (64-pound) Lucy last left Ethiopia between 2007 and 2013 when it toured US museums. The hominid was named after the Beatles ...