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From 'Lucy' to the 'Hobbits': The most famous fossils of human relativesLucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...
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What 'Lucy,' One of the World's Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her DiscoveryAbout 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil ...
A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.
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Lucy's Legacy: 50 Years On, The Fossil That Changed Our Understanding Of Human EvolutionLucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.
The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...
Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how ...
Around 3.2 million years ago, in what is now present-day Ethiopia, a tiny human made it to the fossil record. Despite much ...
It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
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 ...
On the anniversary of Lucy’s discovery, paleoanthropologists reflect on what she means to science, and what she taught us ...
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