Fifty years ago, Donald Johanson found "Lucy," a 3.2 million-year-old fossil. She changed the story of human evolution.

Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.

The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about prehistoric Earth and its inhabitants ...

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

Lucy quickly became a celebrity of the fossil record. As a kid growing up in Connecticut, Johanson got a book from a neighbor ...

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.

Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how ...

Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only ...

Dr. Gina Semprebon, chairman of the Science and Mathematics departments at Bay Path College, holds a skull made from the mold ...

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