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Lucy's Legacy: 50 Years On, The Fossil That Changed Our Understanding Of Human EvolutionLucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.
The discovery of Australopithecus afarensis, a human-like being with short legs and a small stature, left scientists ...
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
Assigned to a new species, Australopithecus afarensis, but best known by her simple nickname, Lucy had a mixture of ape and humanlike traits that suggested she occupied a pivotal branch in the ...
Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...
The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about prehistoric Earth and its inhabitants ...
When the parts were assembled, her arms resembled chimpanzee arms and her skull suggested a chimpanzee’s skull. But her ...
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