Move Over, Lucy; Ardi May Be Oldest Human Ancestor Scientists working in Ethiopia have discovered what they say is the biggest trove of fossils yet from the earliest known human ancestor. Fossils ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Denise Su, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1974, on a survey in ...

Oldest human fossil found in Ethiopia, predating others by 400,000 years The left side of a lower jaw is thought to be part of the Homo lineage and dates back 2.8 million years ago.

Oldest human remains found in Ethiopia By . Associated Press. Published Oct. 1, 2009, ... The 110-pound, 4-foot female roamed forests a million years before the famous Lucy, ...

Scientists have uncovered fossils of the oldest known hominid child near the site in Ethiopia where researchers discovered prehistory's most famous female -- Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton ...

Lucy’s skeleton is one of the oldest, most complete fossils ever found of an adult human ancestor who walked upright. Previous studies suggest she stood less than 4 feet tall and weighed less ...

A new process, however, confirms with little doubt the remains are about 3.7 million years old, which is several hundred thousand years older than "Lucy," a skeleton found in Ethiopia believed to ...

Welcome home Lucy’ read the banners adorning the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, where the 3.2m-year-old skeleton of an early human ancestor, Australopithecus afarensis, was on display at ...

Oldest Human Fossil Unearthed in Ethiopia ... put the mandible at between 2.75 and 2.80 million years old—neatly in between the last of Lucy’s apelike kin and the first-known example of our ...

Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old hominid whose remains were discovered in Ethiopia on this day 41 years ago, is being celebrated in the form of a Google Doodle. She comes from the Australopithecus ...

Lucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, ... Dated to 3.2 million years ago, Lucy was the oldest and most complete human ancestor ever found at the time of her discovery.