They’re reporting on new research published in the journal Current Biology, wherein physics simulations were conducted, based ...

At least 400 fossil specimens represent Australopithecus afarensis. This species had human-like and apelike features. The snout, dentition, and dental arch resemble an ape. The cranial capacity is ...

Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species ...

Australopithecus came before us, but that doesn't tell us which specific individual species is our ancestor. The fossil ...

The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974. The find was, at the time, 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.

Lucy and other members of her species, Australopithecus afarensis, lived between 3.9 and 3.0 million years ago. They are believed to be the most ancient common ancestor, or "stem" species ...

Males would have been somewhat larger. Lucy was a member of the species Australopithecus afarensis. The seven individuals in the study probably are members of the closely related species ...

A fossilised skeleton, Australopithecus afarensis, best known by her nickname 'Lucy', was unearthed by researchers 50 years ago this month in the Afar region of Ethiopia. New research provides the ...

The 3.2-million-year-old set of bones, discovered in 1974, was once considered as belonging to the earliest known member of ...

Researchers have recreated the famous hominin’s running form – and it doesn’t look like she’d have won any marathons ...

Lucy's fragments will be shown at Prague's National Museum as part of a 'Human Origins And Fossils' exhibition for two months ...