Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the ...

Millions of years ago, Lucy revolutionized our understanding of human evolution. Now, discover how her contemporaries add ...

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

About 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil ...

Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...

Reportedly, Dr. Johanson returned to camp in 1974 with some of Lucy’s fossilized remains, and as team celebrated, someone ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

This is a photo of Lucy. Or rather, it’s Lucy, as she was imagined by a sculptor working for a museum. Probably the National ...

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.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor.

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974. And her fossils are still yielding new insights ...