The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...
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Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggestsLucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only ...
Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how ...
Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974.
The hominid was discovered on November 24, 1974, in the Afar region of northeast Ethiopia by a team of scientists led by ...
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 ...
It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the ...
On the anniversary of Lucy’s discovery, paleoanthropologists reflect on what she means to science, and what she taught us ...
Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.
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