Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

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.

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 ...

On the anniversary of Lucy’s discovery, paleoanthropologists reflect on what she means to science, and what she taught us ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

Editor in chief Nancy Shute recounts the 50-year anniversary of the hominid's discovery, which upended the study of human evolution.

Global participates of the 24th Great Ethiopian Run International were captivated by Addis Ababa’s transformative ...

Now, people are thinking about exploring West ... humanlike anatomy" poking out of a rocky hillside in northern Ethiopia. It was the first fossil of a partial skeleton belonging to "Lucy", an ancient ...

Today, we celebrate the 1974 discovery of everyone’s favorite Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy. Fifty years ago on Nov. 24, 1974, a Land Rover with a couple of Cleveland fossil hunters rumbled into a ...

Games Car rental On Nov. 24, 1974, American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson co-led the discovery of a collection of fossilized bones in Ethiopia that turned ... archival collection of Lucy and the ...